EU Middle East Policy

The Swedish daily Aftonbladet (AB) published an article suggesting that the Israeli army and medical establishment had colluded to harvest organs from Palestinians and sell them overseas. AB may have won the battle over what it is allowed to print, but it has most certainly lost the war over what should be written.

Relationship Status: Special, but Complicated
Die deutsch-israelischen Sicherheitsbeziehungen: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft [The German-Israeli security relations: Past, present, future], edited by Milena Uhlmann, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, 2008, 164 pp. [German/English]
Reviewed by Alexander Arndt

German Leftists on European Power
Weltmacht Europa - Hauptstadt Berlin? Ein EU-Handbuch [Global power Europe - Capital Berlin? An EU handbook], by Ilka Schröder (ed.), Konkret-Texte 39, Hamburg: Konkret-Literatur-Verlag, 2005, 215 pp. [German]

Reviewed by Susanne Wein; review translated by Alex Arndt

Winston Churchill - A Good Friend of Jews and Zionism?
Churchill and the Jews, by Michael J. Cohen, London & Portland: Frank Cass, 1985, second revised edition, 2003, 421 pp.
Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship, by Martin Gilbert, New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2007, 359 pp.
Churchill's Promised Land, by Alan Makovsky, New Haven & London: New Republic Books/Yale University Press, 2007, 341 pp.
Reviewed by Daniel Mandel

As of January 1, 2009, the Czech Republic took over the role of the Presidency of the European Union. On January 3, the presidency described the Israeli ground operations in Gaza as an act of self-defense. Israel should try to make the most of the current situation, since the upcoming Swedish presidency, which starts on July 1, 2009, will most likely be a more difficult time for Israel.

European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? Part I
Manfred Gerstenfeld

European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change? Part II
Manfred Gerstenfeld

From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change?
Israel and the European Union
Interview with Oded Eran

From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change?
Israel Should Become a Member of the Council of Europe
Robbie Sabel

From Manfred Gerstenfeld: European-Israeli Relations: Between Confusion and Change?
Legal Divergences Between the European Union and Israel With Regard to Jerusalem
Interview with Ruth Lapidoth