Saturday, February 7, 2004
Mal points out this text of European Parliamentarian Ilka Schroder's address to the Center for German Studies of Ben Gurion University in Israel (It appears to be the same address, even though the piece doesn't specifically say so). I pointed to this speech back in December, but this is the first time I've seen the full text. Very much worth reading, not just for what she says specifically about antisemitism in Europe and Arabia, and about the EU's support of the PA at all costs, but also what it says about the ongoing "Cool War" between the US and Europe that's causing some parties, much as the Cold War did before, to sacrifice what should be their principles on the altar of World Influence. In my previous entry, I paired it with my entry The Protocols of the Elders of Sheffield Hallam - a pairing that still holds.
The Sprout - Ilka Schroder MEP - The War Against Israel and Growing European Nationalism [Edit 4-30-06: Dead URL fixed]
Thank you very much for inviting me today to talk about the fight against anti-Semitism and the role of the European Union in the Middle East.
Since the beginning of the Oslo process, the European Union has been one of the major donors to the Palestinian National Authority (PA). The EU became one of the main supporters of a Palestinian state; since 1992, the European Union has set itself up as the protecting power of the Palestinians.
In this war - and it is a war against Israel that the PA is waging - the EU is far from being a neutral observer. Since the beginning of the 90s, the EU is trying to play a role in the region, based on the excellent relations that the Federal Republic of Germany and other countries maintain to most Arab countries.
Officially, the institutions of the European Union always declare that they are - well balanced - calling upon both sides to hold peace again. But in reading the resolutions, in following the policy of the EU, you know that this is not the case...
