How, When and Why Did the Way the EU Speaks About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Change

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ID12980599
AuthorsAnders Persson (0000-0001-7506-3899, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume27
Issue4
Pages335-349
Publication date2018-10-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2018.1516021
OpenAlexW2897052219
LanguageEN
Citations received5

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or the Israeli-Arab conflict/the conflict in the Middle East, as it was called in official EC/EU language all the way up to the 2000s, presented what was widely perceived in Europe to be a golden opportunity for the EC to unite its foreign policy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, as important that goal was, many European politicians—from left to right—simultaneously saw an equally golden opportunity for the EC to contribute to help resolve the conflict. The EC/EU’s self-perceived ‘special,’ ‘moral,’ ‘unique’ and ‘distinctive’ role as a peace-builder is one of the defining features of its 50-years involvement in the conflict. Another defining feature during these five decades of EC/EU involvement in the conflict is the centrality of the conflict for instability/stability in the wider Middle East. There are many references in the Bulletin of the EC/EU describing the conflict as lying at the heart of continuing tension in the Near East or being of the utmost importance to Europe and to the whole world

Arab–Israeli conflict · Centrality · Conflict resolution · Conflict resolution research · Foreign policy · International conflict · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Politics and Security · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law

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