Europe's Alliance With Israel - Aiding the Occupation

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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 legitimized 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. Zusammenfassung Shows that the EU's close relationship with Israel has legitimised actions such as the ill-treatment of prisoners and the Gaza invasion.

Product details

• Authors: David Cronin
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2010
• EAN: 9780745330662
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3066-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 222 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Israel, South America, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Social discrimination & inequality, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Palestine, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, EU (European Union), Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Pressure groups & lobbying, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General