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The front page: 6 December 2012
6 December 201211PresseuropThe Scotsman, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Les Echos & 4 others -
Israel-Palestine: Intercepted
4 December 201235 Trouw Amsterdam -
The front page: 4 December 2012
4 December 2012PresseuropDie Presse, I Kathimerini, Público & 4 others -
Editorial: Every man for himself
30 November 20124117Presseurop -
EU-Middle East: When Europe had a foreign policy
29 November 201215846 El País Madrid -
Israel-Palestine: Europe disapproves
21 November 201234 The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem -
Israel-Palestine: Fortunately no-one’s waiting for Europe
21 November 201222133 El Periódico de Catalunya Barcelona -
Israel-Palestine: An eye for an eye
20 November 201253 Le Temps Geneva -
EU-Middle East: Hezbollah - EU friend or foe?
24 August 201212422 The New York Times New York -
Israel-EU: Lady Ashton has hit a raw nerve
26 March 20121679 Ha’aretz Tel-Aviv -
France: In shock
20 March 201245 Le Monde Paris -
The front page: 20 March 2012
20 March 201232PresseuropLa Dépêche du Midi, The Jerusalem Post, La Vanguardia & 4 others -
The front page: 27 January 2012
27 January 2012191PresseuropLa Stampa, Polska The Times, Financial Times Deutschland & 5 others -
The front page: 5 January 2012
5 January 201219PresseuropEl País, The Jerusalem Post, I Kathimerini & 4 others -
Trade: EU opens borders to Palestinian produce
28 September 2011651PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Middle East: Europe stuck in the middle of the road
21 September 2011832 An-Nahar Beirut -
Mediterranean: Gas pressure rises a few bars
20 September 2011PresseuropPolitis -
Turkey-Cyprus: Ankara starts spat with EU
19 September 20111PresseuropLa Stampa -
Social unrest: The street bankers
11 August 20118385 Der Standard Vienna -
Israel – Palestine: Ashton letter fails to impress Americans
15 June 2011161PresseuropHa’aretz -
Diplomacy: 5 billion to aid Arab revolutions
26 May 201128PresseuropEl País -
Middle East: Sarkozy wants EU at the table
28 September 2010PresseuropLe Figaro -
Union for the Mediterranean: The Med’s adrift
23 September 201055 El País Madrid -
A town in Europe: Berlin, the new Tel Aviv
7 September 2010150 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Middle East: Sidelined Europe can still be of help
2 September 2010PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Israel: Europe's most costly "member"
18 August 2010931 Público Madrid -
ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Europe got it right... in 1980
14 June 2010391 The New York Times New York -
Editorial: Turkey and Israel in the EU
4 June 20101Presseurop -
Middle East: Author may ban Hebrew editions of his work
3 June 2010PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Statistics: Tonight's blog isn't about Israel
2 June 2010PresseuropBlog -
EU – Turkey: Ankara turns its back on Brussels
2 June 201037 La Stampa Turin -
Ballaman, La Liberté (Fribourg): Maintaining the blockade
2 June 2010 -
Gaza flotilla: Why is Israel judged by different standards?
1 June 2010PresseuropBlog -
Diplomacy: A blunder that alienates Israel
1 June 2010407 Presseurop -
Israel / Palestine: Gaza flotilla attack, not too pleasant
31 May 2010PresseuropBlog -
Music: Eurovision, better than an EU directive
28 May 2010752 Irish Independent Dublin -
Israel/Palestine: Barcelona summit bogs down in semantics
14 April 2010PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Middle East: Europe should rethink its aid to Palestine
22 March 20104 Financial Times London -
Trade: EU hands Palestinians a legal victory
26 February 2010PresseuropLe Soir -
Editorial: Invisible diplomacy
19 February 2010Presseurop -
Matt, The Daily Telegraph (London): Passport to kill
19 February 2010 -
EU-Israel: Union and Tel Aviv on collision course
19 February 2010PresseuropEl País -
Diplomacy: Dubai killing provokes international incident
17 February 2010PresseuropThe Independent -
Italy-Iran: Silvio's Teheran love affair on the rocks
10 February 2010PresseuropLa Stampa -
Israel/Palestine: No EU passports for Mossad, asks Hamas
3 February 2010PresseuropEUobserver.com -
European Union: The truth about Serbia
23 December 2009221 The Guardian London -
Justice: Israel livid over Livni arrest warrant
16 December 2009PresseuropThe Times -
European Union: The push for a capital of Palestine
8 December 200914 Expressen Stockholm -
Literature: Kafka’s Trial in the dock
24 November 2009PresseuropDie Zeit -
Geopolitics: The new old order
20 October 2009The Independent London
Incapable once again of taking a unified position on a matter of foreign policy, European countries are voting independently on UN non-member state observer status for the Palestinian Territories. Yet there was a time when Europeans claimed to have a key role to play in the peace process. 
Left on the sidelines by the Arab Spring, the EU has not found its voice in the renewed conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It is as if the EU has given up on playing a role in a region that is in its own backyard. 
Branded terrorists by the US, the Shiite radical group Hezbollah has offices throughout Europe, insisting it is simply a political and humanitarian organisation raising money that is funnelled to the group’s leadership in Lebanon. But are Europe’s security services paying close enough attention, wonders the New York Times. 
The parallel drawn by the EU's foreign affairs chief between the massacre of three Jewish children in Toulouse and Syrian, Israeli and Palestinian war victims has provoked widespread outrage in Israel. But Israel should stop playing the role of eternal victim, argues columnist Gideon Levy. 
In offering an alternative to the U.S. position on recognition of a Palestinian state, the EU is exposing itself to criticism and pressure from both the Palestinians and the Israelis. 
Europe is bailing out its financial centres, but not its youth. Three basic conditions – education, employment and housing – are denied them. So when they fight back, says Der Standard's writer, they're just following the message from the top: take what you can and get out. 
The enthusiasm with which the Union for the Mediterranean was launched two years ago has been steadily waning ever since. The main reason why, says French political philosopher Sami Naïr, is the lack of a serious EU commitment to the region. 
"You’ve never experienced a city like this one before,” they say. Berlin is the European city of choice for Israelis. Above and beyond bitter remembrances of expulsion and extermination, what they seek there now is, first and foremost, fun. 
Even though it is supposed to be a privileged partner of the European Union, Israel regularly targets infrastructure paid for by the EU during its attacks on Palestinians.
So why is Europe not demanding compensation? 
Thirty years ago, Europe advocated self-determination for the Palestinian people. In the aftermath of the Israeli army attack on the Gaza flotilla, two Israeli authors argue that it remains the only viable solution to the Middle East conflict. 
The tension between Turkey and Israel after the fatal Israeli naval raid on the flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists goes far beyond a breakdown in the traditionally amicable relations between Ankara and Jerusalem. This is in fact the most acute crisis to date in what used to be the solid and productive relations between Turkey and the West. 
The Israeli military's attack on Gaza Freedom flotilla, which resulted in at least nine deaths onboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara has prompted an outcry in Europe, where the press is calling for the EU and the international community to take Israel to task, and worrying about the consequences of an escalation of tensions between Israel and Turkey. 
The Eurovision Song Contest is not just a festival of tackiness, cheese and camp, argues Irish author Martina Devlin. It’s also a chance to have a look at the countries with whom we now have inextricable links. 
Following Catherine Ashton’s trip to Israel and Palestine, EU foreign ministers are gathered in Brussels on 22 March seeking to define union policy in the Middle East. According to the Financial Times, it should start by rethinking the question of aid to the Palestinian territories. 
Serbia’s formal application for EU membership on 22 December has been hailed as a great step forward. David Cronin in the Guardian, however, accuses Europe of “brazen hypocrisy” in its dealings towards the former pariah state. 
The Swedish EU presidency proposes the 27 member states recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Though fiercely contested by Israel, this move would stop the situation going from bad to worse, opines the Stockholm daily Expressen.
With America increasingly disengaged from European affairs, and Russian influence tentative at most, the Independent wonders whether in this new age of alignments Europe might not be reverting to the order of old. - 1 of 2
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