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What Europe could do for PalestiniansBy working to reunify the Gaza Strip and West Bank, the EU could facilitate a longer-term political process.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInPro-Palestinian protest in Berlin on May 19, 2021 | John MacDougall/AFP via Getty ImagesOpinionMay 21, 20214:00 am CETBy Jos茅 S. VericatJos茅 S. Verica
stanley flasche t is a Senior Adviser at the European Institute of Peace.When Israel bombardment intensified last week, I texted friends in Gaza to ask if they were OK. Nooo, replied Ahmad, adding an emoticon of a lonely tear falling down the side of a stern face. In his mid-twenties and recently engaged, Ahmad lives with his parents and sisters in a two-story cinderblock house in Jabalia town, a squalid area near the Israeli border. Our house is dancing, it never stops dancing to the shock waves from the Israeli bombs, he wrote.The current violence has obvious causes: Israels enduring occupation and its recent provocations in Jerusalem. But there was a crucial factor on the Pales
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tappo stanley kets towards Israel that led to this, the fourth war on Gaza since 2008.AdvertisementAdvertisementFor that, Europe bears some responsibility. After encouraging the Palestinian Authority to convene elections, to demonstrate its democratic bona fides, the bloc fai Kzkl Bus passengers rights bill outlined
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stanley ca be active in Nagorno-Karabakh.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInJune 6, 20098:00 am CETBy Borut Grgic andAmanda Ak莽akocaIt is now 17 years since Armenia and Azerbaijan began a full-scale war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a south-western province of Azerbaijan. And it is now 15 years since a ceasefire was agreed, with Armenian forces in control of the territory. But it is a ceasefire that it is poorly observed. The
stanley borraccia re are regular shoot-outs across the line of contact, regular explosions of mines, and more than 30,000 troops in combat-ready mode.The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is, then, far from frozen. Indeed, Nagorno-Karabakh is prob
stanley thermos ably a more dangerous frozen conflict than those in Moldova and Georgia. Both sides continue to compete in an arms race, making the region the most heavily militarised in Europe. Azerbaijan is currently spending $2 billion 鈧?.4 bn on military procurement, which is more than the state budget of Armenia. In both countries, the animosity is very evident, and hate-full propaganda appears each day. Peace remains a distant prospect, with the Minsk Group talks being held under the aegis of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE producing no visible results.Leaders in Baku want Nagorno-Karabakh to remain in Azerbaijan and they want Armenian troops to withdraw from the seven occupied regions. Yer
