After the lows of the intifada years, ties between Europe and Israel have grown stronger thanks to new E.U. members, Europe’s recent experiences with Islamic terrorism and Israel’s moves toward disengagement from the Palestinians.
As governments, Jewish groups and Israeli embassies prepare to celebrate Israel’s 60th birthday in Europe, a concomitant push is on among critics of Israel to demonstrate their viewpoints on the Jewish state.
A new park in Beersheva memorializes the “last great cavalry charge” by Australian troops in 1917, which helped win a battle that set the stage for the creation of the Jewish state.