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Israel/Palestine/Lebanon: Climbing Out of the Abyss
Israel/Palestine/Lebanon: Climbing Out of the Abyss
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
Realigning European Policy toward Palestine with Ground Realities
Realigning European Policy toward Palestine with Ground Realities
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. The PA’s Political Crisis: A European Conundrum
    1. Discomfort with the PA’s Authoritarian Drift
    2. Stability or Better Governance?
    3. Fear of a Pandora’s Box Effect
    4. What PA Leaders Say
  4. A No-contact or a No-action Policy?
    1. The Palestinian Election Conundrum
    2. The No-contact Policy: A Capital Taboo
    3. What Hamas Leaders Say
  5. De Jure vs. De Facto Annexation: Confronting the Two-State Solution’s Feasibility
    1. No to De Jure Annexation
    2. Trying to Compensate with Aid
    3. Dialling Back Europe’s Ambition
    4. Preserving the Illusion of a Status Quo
  6. An Alternative Path
  7. Conclusion
  8. Appendix A: Map of Israel/Palestine
Report 57 / Middle East & North Africa

Israel/Palestine/Lebanon: Climbing Out of the Abyss

The Middle East is immersed in its worst crisis in years following the capture of three Israeli soldiers by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Lebanese Party of God (Hizbollah) in late June 2006 and early July, Israel’s comprehensive offensive throughout the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and the daily firing of rockets deep into Israel.

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