>> The European Leadership Network, or #ELNET, takes elected officials on networking trips to Israel, hosts events with members of European parliaments, and lobbies on foreign policy issues … Its co-founder, Raanan Eliaz, is a former #AIPAC consultant and alumnus of the Israeli prime minister’s office. The group credits itself for key pro-Israel foreign policy decisions, including getting #Germany to approve a $3.5 billion deal to purchase Israeli drones and rockets, the largest in Israel’s history…

>> …While the U.S. gives more financial and military support to Israel …, the European Union is Israel’s biggest trading partner — and holds critical sway over whether global political consensus stays on Israel’s side. Amid public outcry and cracks in European support over Israel’s genocide in #Gaza, ELNET sees its work as more essential than ever…