The EU and the Israel-Palestine Test

Michelle Pace, Anna Khakee

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Abstract

Although the US has often prided itself of the status of sole interlocutor in the Middle East “conflict”, it has equally gained the reputation of an interested and biased mediator. In parallel, the European Community or EC – now European Union, EU – claimed to have a ‚more balanced’ approach on the Middle East file, which in turn garnered Palestinians’ trust. But during the current escalation, the EU has been woefully disunited. This blog argues that a more unified European voice can only come about by “walking the talk” of an Israel-Palestine policy/peace agreement based on purported basic European values.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date31 Oct 2023
Place of PublicationFrankfurt
PublisherPeace Research Institute in Frankfurt (PRIF)
Publication statusPublished - 31 Oct 2023

Keywords

  • EU
  • Israel
  • Palestine
  • Gaza
  • West Bank
  • East Jerusalem
  • Jerusalem
  • occupied Palestinian territories
  • Euro-Arab dialogue
  • Middle East Peace Process
  • Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
  • Hamas
  • terror
  • terrorism
  • War Crimes
  • Yom Kippur War
  • Humanitarian aid
  • development
  • Fatah
  • democracy
  • Josep Borrell
  • Ursula van der Leyen
  • Roberta Metsola
  • European Parliament
  • European Commission
  • Council of the EU
  • Oliver Varhelyi
  • Enlargement
  • Integration
  • peace
  • justice
  • International law
  • war
  • Israel Palestine conflict
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Sweden
  • Austria
  • SHAPEDEM-EU: SHAPEDEM-EU Horizon Europe: EU Democracy Support in its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods

    Pace, M. (Project working partner), Huber, D. (Project working partner), Korosteleva-Polglase, E. (Project working partner), Makdisi, K. (Project working partner), Soler, E. (Project working partner), Ghali, A. (Project working partner), Bahout, J. (Project working partner), Mouawad, J. (Project working partner), Colombo, S. (Project working partner), Balfour, R. (Project working partner), Youngs, C. (Project working partner), Mikhelidze, N. (Project working partner), Lledo, E. (Project working partner), Gora, M. (Project working partner), Haardt, J. (Project working partner), Konrad, L. E. (Project working partner), Gawrich, A. (Project coordinator), Schnoppner, F. A. (Project coordinator), Koubaa, M. (Project working partner), Utgés Serra , M. (Project working partner), Kurukulasuriya , L. (Project working partner), Osypchuk , A. (Project working partner), Haran, O. (Project working partner), Yerashevich, N. (Project working partner) & Achrainer, C. (Project participant)

    01/10/202230/09/2025

    Project: Research

  • Gaza: Making the Invisible Visible: Slow Violence, Mental Health and Resilience in Gaza

    Pace, M. (Project coordinator), Yacobi, H. (Project coordinator), Abu Jamei, Y. (Project coordinator) & Attiya Abu Mustafa, Z. (Project coordinator)

    01/09/202230/06/2023

    Project: Research

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