Report: How the EU ignores Israel’s failure to fulfil its obligations under EU agreements

The European Union’s Blind Eye

A report by Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, October 2008

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Table of Contents

p 4. Executive Summary
p 6. 1 - The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

1.1) The Barcelona Declaration
1.2) Israeli breaches of the Barcelona Declaration in 1995
1.3) EU double standards vis-à-vis Israel and Russia
1.4) EU double standards vis-à-vis Israel and Iran
1.5) Israeli breaches of the Barcelona Declaration today

p 10. 2 - The Euro-Med Agreement

2.1) The Euro-Med human rights clause
2.2) Israeli breaches of international humanitarian law
2.3) EU fails to act on Israeli breaches

p 12. 3 - The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)

3.1) Purpose of the ENP
3.2) Israeli discrimination against its Arab minority
3.3) Israeli action in the Occupied Territories
3.4) The EU ignores plea by Palestinian Prime Minister

p 15. 4 - The Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA)

4.1) The Rafah crossing into Egypt
4.2) Other AMA promises

p 16. 5 - Conclusions
p 17. Appendices

A) Milestones in EU-Israel relations
B) Israel’s contravention of the UN Charter
C) UN Security Council resolutions contravened by Israel
D) The International Court of Justice on the Wall