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Last update - 00:00 15/06/2008 A dubious Israeli spring in Europe By Gideon Levy Tags: Israel, Gideon Levy, Europe  Click here for more articles by Gideon Levy How pleasant it is to be an official representative of Israel in Europe right now. It hasn't been so pleasant for a long time. And not just because of the spectacular spring in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, the crowded pubs in Athens or the young people sunbathing nude in Stockholm. This is about the fresh sympathy for Israel blowing in from almost every capital. French newspapers went all out for our 60th anniversary, Israeli women soldiers starred on the covers of magazines, and even the Swedish papers lost a little of their interest in the Palestinians' suffering, which had for years won such deep sympathy. Last week, when the Olof Palme International Center in Stockholm held a symposium on peace in the Middle East, a scandal broke out because the organizers dared invite a professor of Islamic studies, Azam Tamimi, a Hamas sympathizer from London. Even in Sweden. This sympathy for Israel, along with seething antipathy for Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims, includes, of course, active European participation in the boycott of Gaza and Hamas, which may reach new heights this week. The Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union is slated tomorrow to discuss upgrading Israel's standing in the EU, and later in the week ministers of the EU member states will also do so. It only takes opposition by one country to prevent the upgrade of ties, which would have significant economic ramifications for Israel. Advertisement But there is a good chance that exactly as Europe decided unanimously to boycott Gaza, it will say yes to an upgrade of Israel's ties with the EU. For official Israel, this is excellent news. Perhaps for the first time, a very strange set of circumstances prevails: Europe, which holds high the standard of human rights and liberty, is boycotting the occupied entity. As if that were not enough, it is even upgrading its ties with the occupier. While Europe is perceived by most Israelis as hostile to Israel, not to say anti-Semitic, its governments are uniting to support Israel almost no matter what it does. Europe's blind obedience to the United States, which led it into Afghanistan and Iraq, combined with guilt over the Holocaust, is manifest in its relationship toward us. Xenophobia, and particularly hatred of Muslims, Hamas' rise in Gaza and that organization's perception in Europe as part of a dangerous Islamic conspiracy whose other members are Al-Qaida and Hezbollah, are now also finding expression in the relationship to Israel. It is true that Israel's representatives continue to complain bitterly about hostility. Israel's envoy to London last week lamented that Britain had become a hotbed of radical anti-Israel views; it always pays to complain. It is also true that public opinion in Europe is still more sympathetic to the Palestinians. But the European governments are turning their backs on this sentiment and are conducting a quite amazingly sympathetic policy toward Israel. There is practically no country that has not sent an official to Israel recently; they are all rushing to Sderot to take their picture with a Qassam, and staying away from Gaza in droves, despite the much greater suffering there. This false magic charm should not be allowed to trick us. This is not good news for those who wish for an end to the Israeli occupation and still believe that Europe can and should play a useful role in achieving peace in the region. Europe, which is now incomprehensibly and blindly following the U.S., is not just a Europe ignoring the values it proclaims; it is also a Europe that will lose any possibility to influence the region. That is not good for the Middle East and it is bad for Europe, too, in whose backyard our conflict begins. We already have a one-sided mediator of the type that gives Israel free rein to follow every whim of its occupation: America. We have no need for another. Europe's special status - as Israel's major economic market that maintains an extensive network of relations with the Arab world as well - is eroding. Instead we are getting a West that no longer makes demands on Israel, comes to terms with the criminal occupation and is heavy-handed only when it comes to the Palestinians. True, Europe is also the biggest donor to the Palestinian Authority, but in so doing it subsidizes the occupation, nothing more. When PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the darling of Israel and the U.S., dared recently to work against the upgrade, Israel quickly hit the PA in its pocketbook and confiscated the tax money belonging to it; a scandal in itself. Thus will be done to the man who tries to demand that Europe maintain some measure of balance. Europe must come to its senses this week. It must condition the upgrade of relations with Israel on a series of practical steps Israel must take, in the spirit of its declared values. Want an upgrade? Please conduct yourselves according to international law, please respect the most basic human rights, please lift the siege on Gaza. That is how the EU behaves toward the rest of the countries knocking at its door. An unconditional upgrade will be a prize for settlements, a medal for siege, closures and starvation. Is that the way Europe wants to see itself? Lavishing gifts on the occupier, boycotting the occupied, and becoming an American puppet? 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After the war IDF gains in Gaza have softened Israel's stance on Shalit deal.   1.   Madness isn`t it? 10:00  |  Marilyn 15/06/08   2.   Finally woken up 10:23  |  Ofer from Ofer 15/06/08   3.   Maybe when Palestinians face truth they will finally compromise 10:31  |  McQueen 15/06/08   4.   Thanks for reporting the good news, Mr Levy 10:50  |  Gina 15/06/08   5.   THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF THE WEST 11:00  |  indrajaya 15/06/08   6.   anti-Muslim feelings in Europe 11:01  |  Roberto 15/06/08   7.   Marilyn, you don`t know a fig about Europe 11:09  |  Gisela 15/06/08   8.   Israels welcome in the EU is pending developments 11:16  |  Natallie Durson 15/06/08   9.   Gideon`s slight flaw in logic 11:23  |  Clickfool 15/06/08   10.   Biased,as always 11:24  |  Erben 15/06/08   11.   Too bad people believe the hasbara poored over them 11:27  |  John 15/06/08   12.   Marilyn @#1 11:48  |  Akiva P 15/06/08   13.   The Zionisation of the EU 11:54  |  Chanalau, Tova 15/06/08   14.   Israel needs Conditional Support 12:07  |  Tzfonit 15/06/08   15.   Levy wants foreigners to impose his views 12:07  |  Publius 15/06/08   16.   Whether Gideod Levy likes it or not, Israel is indeed at the fore 12:10  |  Roger 15/06/08   17.   Oh my! 12:14  |  Axel 15/06/08   18.   Good News From Gidon Levy 12:15  |  Ben Israel 15/06/08   19.   Reincarnation of William Joyce 12:20  |  Ilan 15/06/08   20.   A shrewd analysis 12:23  |  David 15/06/08   21.   Who would be surprised. The leadership of most European 12:26  |  Andreas 15/06/08   22.   Why Israel is blockading Gaza, etc. 12:52  |  ARA 15/06/08   23.   # 10 don`t you believe it for a second, roger 12:53  |  eric 15/06/08   24.   STATEMENTS like "50 million Moslems will rule Europe" 13:00  |  PETER SM 15/06/08   25.   Many thanks for the good news, Mr. Levy 13:03  |  KUTW 15/06/08   26.   #10: Yes. And Nazi Germany was at the forefront against 13:05  |  Andreas 15/06/08   27.   "It always pays to complain" 13:06  |  KUTW 15/06/08   28.   European public opinion 13:08  |  KUTW 15/06/08   29.   ANDREAS /Chanalau.Tube bombing,riots,throat cutting,nun killing 13:10  |  PETER SM 15/06/08   30.   European politicians staying away from Gaza 13:12  |  KUTW 15/06/08   31.   Confiscating the tax money is ok 13:17  |  KUTW 15/06/08   32.   Durson`s weird analysis 8 13:51  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   33.   Gideon Levy: Europe`s occupation by Muslims makes it back Israel 13:52  |  Genuine Tosefta 15/06/08   34.   eric 23 don`t kid yourself 13:57  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   35.   Wow. This is great news 14:03  |  Estevao 15/06/08   36.   Arabs(+ other Muslims) will have to destroy Israel on their own 14:10  |  Sam 15/06/08   37.   Gideon Levy`s warped morality 14:13  |  Sarah Stevens 15/06/08   38.   DURSON If IRAN develops nukes hold onto your burqa real tight. 14:20  |  PETER SM 15/06/08   39.   Spot on mr Levy. 14:36  |  Helen 15/06/08   40.   out to lunch 14:42  |  David 15/06/08   41.   Muslims have asked for it - now they will get it 14:44  |  Johnny 15/06/08   42.   Native Europeans 14:45  |  Warren J. 15/06/08   43.   One of the reasons the Irish gave the thumbs down 14:51  |  Labhras 15/06/08   44.   Gideon is funny. 14:55  |  Aish 15/06/08   45.   What kind of NONSENSE is that? 15:00  |  Buzaglow 15/06/08   46.   Silly Europeans 15:05  |  Tosefta 15/06/08   47.   Jews are fooling themselves on this 15:20  |  Labhras 15/06/08   48.   NO WONDER 15:26  |  Iskander 15/06/08   49.   Who is the Abominable Slowman? 15:26  |  Gideon Levy 15/06/08   50.   Islamic spring consequences in Indonesia vs. Israeli spring 15:26  |  Genuine Tosefta 15/06/08   51.   Labarse 42 - Where`s the connection? 15:28  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   52.   Europeans and Islam 15:31  |  Yussel 15/06/08   53.   Reading between the lines.. 15:38  |  Stephen. 15/06/08   54.   HATRED?! EUROPE EMBRACED THEM, WELFARE, HOUSING, EDUCATION AT EXP 15:45  |  db 15/06/08   55.   It is Hamas and Sderot and Ashkelon, mr. Levy 16:01  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   56.   Well done Israel! Correct move 16:16  |  Brian 15/06/08   57.   Disingenius PROPAGANDA 16:23  |  B 15/06/08   58.   "The Occupied Entity" 16:23  |  Brian 15/06/08   59.   Delusion of Peace 16:26  |  ankhfnkhonsu 15/06/08   60.   # 5 Indy ...good morning!!! 16:33  |  Lynn 15/06/08   61.   # 51 ChanahS....YEP, Irish cutting the throats 16:40  |  Lynn 15/06/08   62.   WARREN J Moslems in Europe being persecuted? 16:41  |  PETER SM 15/06/08   63.   This contradicts Swiss (Dino) s opinion 16:42  |  David Israel 15/06/08   64.   # 43 Labrhas....Funny, had nothing to do 16:43  |  Lynn 15/06/08   65.   # 60, LYNN 16:59  |  indrajaya 15/06/08   66.   #51 Lynn You are right and wrong 17:04  |  Labhras 15/06/08   67.   Islamic spring consequences in Indonesia vs. Israeli spring 17:10  |  Genuine Tosefta 15/06/08   68.   #61 Lynn 17:10  |  Labhras 15/06/08   69.   Indra Jay 17:19  |  Mukhtar Datuk Dingah 15/06/08   70.   #52 Yussel, who invented fascism? 17:23  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   71.   Tosefta 17:34  |  Slowman 15/06/08   72.   Muslims Sleep in the EU Bed They Made 17:45  |  Jane 15/06/08   73.   9. Clickfool: On excess 17:48  |  KUTW 15/06/08   74.   Europe is disciminating and caused the present problem 17:50  |  Anonymous 15/06/08   75.   Bush`s wisdom on Slowman`s education #71 17:50  |  Gideon Levy 15/06/08   76.   # 69, MUKHTAR DATUK DINGAH 17:51  |  indrajaya 15/06/08   77.   Something about this makes no sense 17:57  |  Margaret Connell 15/06/08   78.   Be ware of News with Advise It is called Propaganda 18:01  |  Gil 15/06/08   79.   @74 anonymous one-sided truth 18:04  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   80.   to Mukhtar Datuk Dingah 18:10  |  CM 15/06/08   81.   Tosefta 18:19  |  Slowmen (and women) 15/06/08   82.   Gideon Levy is the single worst writer in haaretz 18:25  |  Steve Randolph 15/06/08   83.   Also, I was hoping Levy, along with Amira Hass, had disappeared 18:26  |  Steve Randolph 15/06/08   84.   Labhras 18:33  |  Norman 15/06/08   85.   Mr. Levy makes me puzzled 18:37  |  KUTW 15/06/08   86.   Wisdom for Slowman the lazy bum #81 18:39  |  Gideon Levy 15/06/08   87.   Gideon, your equation is incorrect 18:48  |  DesMnsDave 15/06/08   88.   KUTW, sometimes you scare me 18:52  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   89.   88. Mark B. 19:03  |  KUTW 15/06/08   90.   news flash-levy endorses ahmadinejad candidacy 19:03  |  open eyes 15/06/08   91.   Gideon Levy is as despicable as Amira Hass. 19:08  |  Chaim 15/06/08   92.   Apologies KUTW 19:15  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   93.   # 65 Indy....I also agree there should be good faith 19:30  |  Lynn 15/06/08   94.   Tosefta 19:36  |  Slowmen(and Women) 15/06/08   95.   Mukhtar Datuk Dingah, where can I meet you? 19:43  |  Genuine Tosefta 15/06/08   96.   Tosefta 19:43  |  Gideon Levy 15/06/08   97.   anonymous stop telling us what we have to do 19:44  |  Norman 15/06/08   98.   Levy and his half-truths 19:50  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 15/06/08   99.   #84 Norman Narrow focus 19:53  |  Labhras 15/06/08   100.   Islam is flawed 20:03  |  Akiva P 15/06/08   101.   The aothor is so wrong, cant be worse 20:16  |  Paul 15/06/08   102.   Lets not forget Paris!!! 20:19  |  Rambo 15/06/08   103.   Akiva P., even Judaism as well as Christianity had to change once 20:21  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   104.   to Peter SM #62 20:26  |  Warren J 15/06/08   105.   Indy , an American Indian wouldnt even ..... 20:34  |  rob 15/06/08   106.   Mark B. of Amsterdam 20:35  |  Akiva P 15/06/08   107.   NOT BRITAIN! BUSINESS AS USUAL HERE 20:36  |  Ian 15/06/08   108.   Mark B 103 20:38  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   109.   This is hardly new 20:44  |  Colin Wright 15/06/08   110.   Haaretz: so you censured me! 20:47  |  S 15/06/08   111.   Europe awakening is too late 20:47  |  Rustam 15/06/08   112.   Sorry if I was not clear, ChanahS 20:50  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   113.   Two voices of sanity # 37 & # 69 20:50  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   114.   re Clickfool #9 `Gideon`s slight flaw in logic` 20:54  |  Colin Wright 15/06/08   115.   Ofer from Ofer - Islam is not an enemy 20:59  |  Euro 15/06/08   116.   1. Marilyn (3rd try) 21:10  |  KUTW 15/06/08   117.   Gideon`s false conclusion 21:10  |  MarkC 15/06/08   118.   24. PETER SM& everybody: A must watch (5th try) 21:10  |  KUTW 15/06/08   119.   EU also has a democratic deficit 21:10  |  Nick Ferriman 15/06/08   120.   Euro, Oh, yes it is! 21:13  |  Akiva P 15/06/08   121.   Where is (Swiss) Dino? 21:15  |  Mark B. 15/06/08   122.   Colin Wrong again (1) 21:17  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   123.   Colin Wrong again (2) 21:22  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   124.   Euro 115 21:24  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   125.   Labhras again 21:25  |  Norman 15/06/08   126.   A dubious Israeli spring in Europe?? 21:28  |  Turaco 15/06/08   127.   COULD IT BE OIL 21:37  |  TOBIA 15/06/08   128.   Neither Israel nor Europe wants to be occupied by mad mullahs 21:44  |  Realist 15/06/08   129.   #98 Margie and her half truths in timesonline 21:45  |  Labhras 15/06/08   130.   Thank you Dublin! 21:45  |  Jonathan S 15/06/08   131.   Mark B 113 22:04  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   132.   Crowded Athenian Pubs, sunbathing nude 22:12  |  FOX 15/06/08   133.   MARYLIN STOP AND THINK. 22:35  |  TOBIA 15/06/08   134.   # 34 who`s kidding themself, chanahz 22:55  |  eric 15/06/08   135.   LEVY IS THE SOUL OF GOOD JEWS 23:02  |  JACKAL 15/06/08   136.   Klikfool`s gross flaw in logic 23:07  |  utagawa 15/06/08   137.   eric 119 23:20  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   138.   24. PETER SM& everybody: A must watch (6th try) 23:25  |  KUTW 15/06/08   139.   4 POSTS IN 4 HOURS 23:41  |  ChanahS 15/06/08   140.   Gideon Levy is it true your wife is a Palestinian? 23:42  |  Ron 15/06/08   141.   You think the English are pro-Israel? Take a look at this ... 23:48  |  Brian 15/06/08   142.   BUT THEN WHY GOOD PEOPLE LIKE LEVY DON`T RENOUNCE .. 23:53  |  JACKAL 15/06/08   143.   it was only a matter of time.... 00:03  |  pepsi 16/06/08   144.   Giddy Levy is pathetic as usual 00:05  |  Free Gilad Shalit 16/06/08   145.   Mr Levy, Respect! 00:09  |  Erik 16/06/08   146.   What else from "an official Israeli..." 00:34  |  Gray 16/06/08   147.   Levy`s far left position repeats since Haaretz hierarchy approves 00:37  |  Sam 16/06/08   148.   Slowman`s wisdom on skipping posts (#96) 00:38  |  Gideon Levy 16/06/08   149.   Today`s `supporters` of Israel ... 00:42  |  Edith 16/06/08   150.   to Labhras again 00:51  |  Norman 16/06/08   151.   Ron - Only as much as people married to Jews does 00:59  |  American 16/06/08   152.   Yes Edith, one of the reasons why as a nowaday goyim in Europe 01:13  |  Mark B. 16/06/08   153.   Moral crisis 01:17  |  Thanks Gideon 16/06/08   154.   LEVY, THE WORLD`S WRONG AND YOU`RE THE ONLY WHO`S RIGHT, AHN? 01:36  |  MR. AMI GOLDMAN 16/06/08   155.   @145, erik, where is your source for info that bush 01:36  |  vladimir 16/06/08   156.   Europe is already an American Puppet. 01:38  |  Maureen Ann 16/06/08   157.   # 150 Norman still narrow minded 01:40  |  Labhras 16/06/08   158.   Post# 83 Haaretz has new owners. Levy and Hass have minor 01:59  |  Ken Jurist 16/06/08   159.   amazing that Ha`aretz employs 02:01  |  rich 16/06/08   160.   Gideon Levy, some news for you 02:05  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/06/08   161.   Labhras 43 - Not so according to the BBC 02:14  |  Free Gilad Shalit 16/06/08   162.   WARREN PJ.ONE more time.It is MOSLEMS talking about ruling EU 02:15  |  PETER SM 16/06/08   163.   JACKAL.SUICIDE BOMBING THE DANISH EMBASSY LEAVES A BAD IMPRESSION 02:21  |  PETER SM 16/06/08   164.   # 46 Tosefta....it`s all about economic expansion 02:22  |  Lynn 16/06/08   165.   Mark B. 02:29  |  Akiva P 16/06/08   166.   Each time the "Palestinians`" mask slipped 02:36  |  Schtarker Yid 16/06/08   167.   Clearification: earlier post; "Levy..." 02:39  |  Gray 16/06/08   168.   to Clickfool 03:00  |  Marianna 16/06/08   169.   Gideon, stop supporting far right wing Islamists 03:08  |  Boston Liberal 16/06/08   170.   A New Low For Gideon 04:29  |  Ron 16/06/08   171.   # 137 to chanahs 04:30  |  eric 16/06/08   172.   European colonials 04:46  |  Anonymous 16/06/08   173.   Thank You Mr. Gideon Levy 05:00  |  RW 16/06/08   174.   Gideon Levy is an idiot 05:12  |  Frank 16/06/08   175.   what irony 05:36  |  Zaf 16/06/08   176.   Indrajaya (a.k.a. Dutch) Is A Funny Guy 07:04  |  Craig 16/06/08   177.   If Brigitt Bardot Says Moslems Are A Problem 07:23  |  Eli 16/06/08   178.   to Indrajaya 07:38  |  Sasha 16/06/08   179.   2nd Try; Clearification 07:42  |  Gray 16/06/08   180.   Islam loosing the battle of hate. 07:44  |  Akram Zekaria 16/06/08   181.   A committed enemy 07:48  |  Moshe 16/06/08   182.   It Would Have Happened Anyway 08:03  |  Yosemite 16/06/08   183.   No Tosefta, only tragic for YOU 08:06  |  Anti-Tosefta 16/06/08   184.   ELI B.BARDOT was fined 15000 Euros.Persecuted Muslims? Freedom of 08:22  |  PETER SM 16/06/08   185.   Gideon Levy, This is sickening and must stop 08:31  |  Dutch 16/06/08   186.   SHASHA INDRAJAYA is paid to write here.Not to write the truth 08:48  |  PETER SM 16/06/08   187.   Ferriman, talking about democracy? 08:58  |  FOX 16/06/08   188.   Pressuring Hamas 08:59  |  Fred 16/06/08   189.   Israel is corrupting the world .... 09:00  |  Dutch 16/06/08   190.   Europe and Muslims 09:07  |  Harry 16/06/08   191.   Edith, you are confused darling #149 09:08  |  FOX 16/06/08   192.   Haaretz, is this the best you can do? 09:45  |  searcher 16/06/08   193.   Why? 09:57  |  David Nigel Braham 16/06/08   194.   156 Cipora, shifting the blame from Israel onto Hamas 10:47  |  Dutch 16/06/08   195.   # 137 to chanahs re: opinions 11:00  |  eric 16/06/08   196.   # 137 to chanahs re: opinions 11:00  |  eric 16/06/08   197.   Taking personal interests to heart 11:01  |  FOX 16/06/08   198.   #176 response to Craig 11:28  |  Warren J 16/06/08   199.   #14 Tzfonit 14:45  |  Beitcafe 16/06/08   200.   #152 thank you ... 16:35  |  Edith 16/06/08   201.   #191 Fox, I don`t blame you 16:37  |  Edith 16/06/08   202.   Tony Blair and Gordon Brown 16:52  |  Cyasher 16/06/08   203.   Does the Arab press have their own G. Levy ? 19:20  |  Alex 16/06/08   204.   Don`t worry, Europe still hates Israel 19:59  |  Shani 16/06/08   205.   Most Europeans are tired of the Middle East conflict 23:31  |  Paul Henzen 16/06/08   206.   Labhras 04:30  |  Norman 17/06/08   207.   I don`t think it works quite like that 07:22  |  Mélanie 17/06/08   208.   Labhras - thinks Irish voted against Lisbon because of Israel 09:20  |  Reid 17/06/08

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