Europe's Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780745330655)

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.

Author: David Cronin
ISBN-10: 0745330657
ISBN-13: 9780745330655
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2010
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.60d