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.
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Shows that the EU's close relationship with Israel has legitimised actions such as the ill-treatment of prisoners and the Gaza invasion.
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Building The Unholy Alliance 2. Bowing To America 3. Aiding The Occupation 4. The Misappliance Of Science 5. Profiting From Palestine’s Pain 6. The Israel Lobby Comes To Europe Conclusion Confronting Europe’s Cowardice Notes Index
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'Compelling, illuminative and painful. It is an indispensible pioneering work essential for students, tax-payers, policy- and decision-makers'

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ISBN
9780745330662
Publisert
2010-11-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Pluto Press
Vekt
361 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
Crossover, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
208

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Biographical note

David Cronin is a journalist specialising in European politics. He is the author of Balfour's Shadow (Pluto, 2017), Corporate Europe (Pluto, 2013) and Europe's Alliance With Israel (Pluto, 2010). He has written for a variety of publications, including the Guardian and Wall Street Journal Europe.