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Abstract
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 legitimised 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.
'It seems to many that Israel is above international law. This important book explores the complex political ties that have prevented European countries from holding Israel to account'
Ken Loach
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| CONTENTS | v | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | vii | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | ||
| BAD CONSCIENCE NO EXCUSE FOR BAD POLICY | 4 | ||
| ISRAEL’S CHARM OFFENSIVE | 6 | ||
| TAINTED BY TORTURE | 9 | ||
| 1. BUILDING THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE | 14 | ||
| GAZA CITY, MAY 2009 | 14 | ||
| BRUSSELS, JANUARY 2009 | 16 | ||
| MORE DEFENSIVE THAN OFFENSIVE? | 16 | ||
| AFTER THE BOMBS, A BANQUET | 18 | ||
| SPIN TRIUMPHS OVER SUBSTANCE | 19 | ||
| FALLING IN LOVE WITH LIVNI | 21 | ||
| REWARDING A ROGUE | 28 | ||
| 2. BOWING TO THE UNITED STATES | 34 | ||
| SARKOZY SWALLOWS, MERKEL MARVELS | 36 | ||
| BERLUSCONI: A CHEERLEADER FOR THE OCCUPATION | 38 | ||
| DUTCH COURAGE? | 40 | ||
| FROM BLAIR TO BROWN: THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER? | 42 | ||
| EASTERN EUROPE: IN THE POCKET OF THE UNITED STATES | 46 | ||
| NATO: THE PITBULL GNASHES ITS TEETH | 51 | ||
| HOW THE WEST WENT SOFT | 56 | ||
| DIVIDE AND RULE: THE SAME OLD COLONIAL STORY | 58 | ||
| A CRUEL EMBARGO | 60 | ||
| HEMMING IN HAMAS | 62 | ||
| COMFORT FOR THE QUISLINGS | 65 | ||
| 3. AIDING THE OCCUPATION | 67 | ||
| SPEEDING AT NIGHT WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS | 72 | ||
| OSLO: DOOMED FROM THE START | 74 | ||
| THE PA’S LIFE-SUPPORT MACHINE | 78 | ||
| AID BENEFITS THE OPPRESSOR | 79 | ||
| THE COURAGE DEFICIT | 80 | ||
| 4. THE MISAPPLIANCE OF SCIENCE | 86 | ||
| OILING THE WAR MACHINE WITH EUROS | 88 | ||
| MERCHANTS OF DEATH GO GREEN | 92 | ||
| THE SECURITY DECEPTION | 94 | ||
| BEYOND THE PALE OF HUMAN TOLERANCE | 96 | ||
| SMALL ISN’T ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL | 97 | ||
| BIG BROTHER IN PALESTINE | 100 | ||
| SATELLITES OF WAR | 101 | ||
| 5. PROFITING FROM PALESTINE’S PAIN | 106 | ||
| OBLIGED TO SHUN, HAPPY TO SERVE | 111 | ||
| FRANCE’S FULL CIRCLE | 112 | ||
| FURTIVELY FEEDING THE WAR MONSTER | 114 | ||
| BENELUX EMBRACES A BLOODY TRADE | 117 | ||
| DOUBLE STANDARDS DUBLIN-STYLE | 118 | ||
| BUYING ISRAEL’S DEADLY WARES | 120 | ||
| MORAL BANKRUPTCY | 123 | ||
| THE RACIST RAILWAY | 127 | ||
| VOLVO: A SUBCONTRACTOR FOR TORTURE | 128 | ||
| A TRADE IN DECEPTION | 131 | ||
| 6. THE ISRAEL LOBBY COMES TO EUROPE | 136 | ||
| EUROPEAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL: ENEMIES OF TRUTH | 138 | ||
| TRANSATLANTIC INSTITUTE: STIFLING DEBATE WITH SMEARS | 142 | ||
| B’NAI B’RITH: A MAKER OF MYTHS | 145 | ||
| EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS: APOLOGISTS FOR APARTHEID | 148 | ||
| A FRENCH TABOO | 150 | ||
| ACCESS ALL AREAS: THE LOBBY IN LONDON | 152 | ||
| ISRAELI AGGRESSION HARMS JEWS, TOO | 156 | ||
| CONCLUSION: CONFRONTING EUROPE’S COWARDICE | 159 | ||
| STOP THE SUFFOCATION OF PALESTINE | 160 | ||
| BOYCOTTING ISRAEL: A TACTIC, NOT A STRATEGY | 163 | ||
| NOTES | 167 | ||
| USEFUL CONTACTS | 190 | ||
| INDEX | 191 |