Download or read book Israel and the European Union written by Sharon Pardo and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel's relations with the European Union stretch back to the early days of the European Community and the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957. From that point onward, Israel and Europe have developed an increasingly strong network of political, economic, scientific, and cultural ties. These relations have, however, consisted of a number of conflicting trends. Indeed, even while the EU has become Israel's most important trading partner, the political relationship has been marked by disappointment, frustration, and, at times, even anger. Israel and the European Union: A Documentary History, by Sharon Pardo and Joel Peters, traces the history of these complex relations by bringing together over two hundred documents in one volume. The documents contained in this book are divided into five time periods: i) 1957-1966, Israel Looks to Europe; ii) 1967-1979, Between War and Peace; iii) 1980-1991, From Venice to Madrid; iv) 1992-2003, From Oslo to Barcelona; and v) 2004-2011, A Renaissance Cut Short'. Each section is preceded by a short essay outlining the major themes of Israeli-European Relations during those years. The authors have not added any commentary to the documents themselves and instead have allowed the documents to speak for themselves. The aim of this book is to offer a public record for future researchers and students of the dynamics of European-Israeli relations--as well as of Europe's relationship with the Middle East--over the past fifty years. Israel and the European Union is designed to serve as a companion volume to Pardo and Peters' Uneasy Neighbors: Israel and the European Union (Lexington Books, 2010).
Download or read book Uneasy Neighbors written by Sharon Pardo and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an analysis of the dynamics of Israeli-European relations and discusses significant developments in that relationship from the late 1950s through to the present day. The emphasis is placed on five broad themes that address different dimensions of the relationship: 1) Israeli-E.U. relations and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process; 2) Israeli-E.U. relations in a multilateral context; 3) the bilateral nature of Israeli-E.U. relations; 4) Israeli (mis)perceptions of the E.U.; 5) the future of Israeli-E.U. relations.
Download or read book Europe s Alliance with Israel written by David Cronin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows that the EU's close relationship with Israel has legitimised actions such as the ill-treatment of prisoners and the Gaza invasion.
Download or read book The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories written by Dimitris Bouris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the present European Union (EU) approach to state-building, both in policy and operation. It offers a review of the literature on peace-building, EU state-building and conflict resolution, before examining in detail the EU’s role as a state-builder in the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories following the 1993 Oslo Accords. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and over 140 interviews carried out in Brussels, London, Jerusalem and Ramallah with EU, Palestinian and Israeli officials as well as academics, members of NGOs and civil society, the author evaluates the present approach of state-building and offers a framework to test the effectiveness of the EU as a state-builder. Examining security sector reform, judiciary sector reform and the rule of law, the book brings the ‘voices from the field’ to the forefront and measures the contribution of the EU to state-building against a backdrop of on-going conflict and a polarised social setting. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, EU politics, Middle Eastern politics, conflict resolution and state-building.
Download or read book Lobbying in EU Foreign Policy making written by Benedetta Voltolini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines lobbying in EU foreign policy-making and the activities of non-state actors (NSAs), focusing on EU foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It sheds light on the interactions between the EU and NSAs as well as the ways in which NSAs attempt to shape EU foreign policies. By analysing issues that have not yet received systematic attention in the literature, this book offers new insights into lobbying in EU foreign policy, EU relations surrounding the conflict and the EU’s broader role in the peace process. The book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political science, international relations, EU politics, EU foreign policy-making, Middle East studies and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Download or read book Israel s Path to Europe written by Gadi Heimann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community’s existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way the new nation was established. This book focuses on Israel-European Community relations from 1957 to 1975 - from the signing of the Treaty of Rome (1957), which officially established the Common Market, to the conclusion of Israel’s Free Trade Agreement with the Community. It reveals a new and key facet of Israeli diplomacy during the country's infancy, joining the many studies concerning Israel's relations with the United States, France, Germany and Britain.
Download or read book Europe s Alliance with Israel written by David Cronin and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In carefully crafted official statements, the European Union presents itself as an honest broker in the Middle East. In reality, however, the EU’s 27 governments have been engaged in a long process of accommodating Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Journalist David Cronin interrogates the relationship and its outcomes. A recent agreement for "more intense, more fruitful, more influential co-operation" between the EU and Israel has meant that Israel has become a member state of the Union in all but name. Cronin shows that rather than using this relationship to encourage Israeli restraint, the EU has legitimized actions such as the ill-treatment of prisoners and the Gaza invasion. Concluding his revealing and shocking account, Cronin calls for a continuation and deepening of international activism and protest to halt the EU's slide into complicity.
Download or read book European Union Policy towards the Arab Israeli Peace Process written by C. Musu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-02-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the achievements, the limits and the failures of the EU's involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict? This book sets out to answer this question by analysing the development of European policy towards the conflict over the last forty years.
Download or read book The Pro Israel Lobby in Europe written by Elvira King and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The activities of pro-Israel pressure groups and lobbyists in the US are well-known. But the pro-Israel lobby in Europe is less prominent in both academic and media accounts. In a unique account, Elvira King identifies the pro-Israeli groups which attempt to influence policy-makers and implementers in the EU, specifically examining Christian Zionist groups. Through a detailed study of the European Coalition for Israel (ECI), the only Christian Zionist lobby in Brussels, Elvira King analyses whether and how a religious group can (and can fail to) influence decision-makers in the EU. By exploring the context of European relations with Israel as well as the mechanisms through which pressure groups are able to influence EU-wide policies, King offers an analysis which demonstrates how the EU can be a site where religion and politics meet, rather than just being a secular institution. It therefore contains vital primary research for both those interested in the pro-Israel lobby as well as those examining the role of religion in politics more generally.
Download or read book Israel and the European Left written by Colin Shindler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has the European Left become so antagonistic towards Israel? To answer this question, Colin Shindler looks at the struggle between Marxism-Leninism and Zionism from the October Revolution to today. Is such antagonism in opposition to the policies of successive Israeli governments? Or, is it due to a resurgence of anti-Semitism? The answer is far more complex. Shindler argues that the new generation of the European Left was more influenced by the decolonization movement than by wartime experiences, which led it to favor the Palestinian cause in the post 1967 period. Thus the Israeli drive to settle the West Bank after the Six Day war enhanced an already existing attitude, but did not cause it. Written by a respected scholar, this accessible and balanced work provides a novel account and analytical approach to this important subject. Israel and the European Left will interest students in international politics, Middle Eastern studies, as well as anyone who seeks to understand issues related to today's Left and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Download or read book Israel and Europe written by Manfred Gerstenfeld and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Israel and Europe written by Klaus Boehnke and published by Deutscher Universitätsverlag. This book was released on 2012-02-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume - a collaborative effort between The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Saxonian universities - is a source book for students and researchers of European Studies. Its scope is interdisciplinary and incorporates contributions from social psychology, international relations, economics, political science, and sociology.
Download or read book Bound to Cooperate Europe and the Middle East written by Sven Behrendt and published by Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional integration and the organisation of cross-regional relations have been some of the most prominent features of international relations. By further strengthening the institutions of the European Union, Europe is taking steps to become a capable international actor. Only in few world regions, such as the Middle East, integration has not been a driving force moving political and economic relations. Given these structural imbalances between Europe and the Middle East, but also geographical proximity, economic interdependencies, and shared historical experiences, what interests does Europe pursue in the Middle East? And, if the goal of European policies is to establish stable political, economic and social relations with its neighbouring region, how could inter-regional relations best be organised?
Download or read book Israel s European Policy After the Cold War written by Stefan Ahlswede and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2009 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does Israel want from Europe and why? How does Israel pursue its goals? And, who are the relevant actors? This dissertation establishes what has been governing Israel's attitudes and behavior towards the EC/EU since the late 1980s. The end of the Cold War, the reversal of Israel's peace process policy under Rabin, and changes of government certainly have had an impact on Israel's behavior. But could the changes in behavior be due to the changes in circumstances and not to a change in the substance of Israel's attitude? As the analysis shows, Israel's European policy is astonishingly autonomous. It is also, almost exclusively, day-to-day politics. This study offers an insight into the workings of low politics of second or third priority, a view that is far from rare, but rarely taken. It also sheds light on the behavior of a state at the inferior end of an asymmetry of power: How does Israel cope when dealing with a vastly larger and more powerful actor, like the EU? Special attention is paid to Israel's self-perception and its understanding of Europe and of the EU's positions. The book also looks at misperceptions and policy failures that may result from these. Dissertation.
Download or read book Fragmented Borders Interdependence and External Relations written by Raffaella A. Del Sarto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates relations between Israel, the Palestinian territories and the European Union by considering them as interlinked entities, with relations between any two of the three parties affecting the other side. The contributors to this edited volume explore different aspects of Israeli-Palestinian-European Union interconnectedness.
Download or read book Managing the Conflict Between Palestine and Israel written by Saad Abdulaziz Alaoudah and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the role of the European Union in managing the conflict between Palestine and Israel. Through this, it looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union in the conflict management and what were the tools used. It also highlights the successes and failures of different attempts and what future expectations that can be drawn from those experiences and a number of recommendations that could help in this conflict management. This book starts with looking at the development of the European role since its intervention in the Middle East region, the end of the Ottoman rule and the state formation of modern Middle East. It discusses European interests in the Middle East, which has been concentrated on Oil, trade and commercial, geopolitical and EU immigration concerns. It also discusses the changes in European Understandings of their role in Managing the Israeli-Arab conflict. It looks at the dynamics of the European involvement in the Middle East in the 1980s and 1990s. This book further develop its examination by looking at the reaction, reframing and confusion in managing of the conflict post 9/11, which analyses the new horizons for the political process and the indispensability of the EU role post 9/11. The book also look at the obstacles which faced the EU from playing an effective role. It studies the options for the EU and the need for a new way of thinking about conflict management and transformation. It concludes with the examination of the possible methods for the EU to play an effective role in managing the conflict.
Download or read book The Role of Non state Actors in EU Policies Towards the Israeli Palestinian Conflict written by Benedetta Voltolini and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- 1. The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- 2. Non-state actors and EU external policies -- 3. Mapping non-stated actors in EU policies towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- 4. Non-state actors at work : lobbying and advocacy in practice -- Conclusion -- Annex.
