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How EU money enables the occupation, allows Israel to avoid its consequences

Has the seemingly permanent nature of Israeli control over the Palestinians rendered the legal term ‘occupation’ invalid? Last week I attended a one-day symposium in the Netherlands on the EU’s role in Israel/Palestine, hosted by ‘A Different Jewish Voice,’ a local pro-peace group. You can read my notes from the event here. Below are comments…

By Noam Sheizaf February 23, 2014

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton (European Union / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

EU policy on Israel: ‘More-for-more’ or carrots and sticks?

Nothing is polarizing European politicians as much as Israel-Palestine, says a member of the EU Parliament. Notes from a symposium in the Netherlands. I took part in a one-day symposium on the EU’s policy toward Israel/Palestine last week in The Hague. The event, which took place at the Clingendael Institute, was hosted by “A Different Jewish Voice,” a local…

By Noam Sheizaf February 21, 2014