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Nearly 50 years since the European Foreign Ministers issued their first declaration on the conflict between Israel and Palestine in 1971, EU continues to have close political and economic ties with the region. Based exclusively on primary sources, this study offers an up-to-date overview of EU's involvement in the Israeli-Arab conflict since 1967. It utilises an innovative methodology to analyse keyword frequency in a sample of more than 2300 declarations and statements published in the Bulletin of the European Communities/European Union (1967-2009) as well as council reports and press interviews (2009-2018) to uncover broad patterns for qualitative analysis. The outcomes suggest that the Israeli-Arab conflict is more important to the EU than any other conflict, having been key to shaping EU's foreign policy overall.

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"[...] his meticulous analysis draws attention to the more subtle shifts in language that the EC/EU has put forward over the decades. [...] The slim, easy-to-read volume will be a useful reference, in particular for scholars of EU integration and EU foreign policy, as well as for diplomats and others concerned with EU positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.--Muriel Asseburg, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin ""The International Spectator, Vol. 56, No. 4"" Anders Persson has provided an indispensable resource chronicling the evolution of European policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the past fifty years. His in-depth research recounts the EU's quest to become a 'player' in Middle East peacemaking, documenting the challenges and missed opportunities it has encountered along with the way.--Hugh Lovatt, European Council on Foreign Relations"

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Anders Persson is a political scientist and part of the research environment European Studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He is the author of The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1971-2013: In Pursuit of a Just Peace (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) and a contributor in Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance, Tartir & Seidel eds. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). His research has been previously published in the Journal of European Integration, Mediterranean Politics, and Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security. He also regularly appears as an expert commentator in Swedish media and writes for the Huffington Post, Haaretz, Al-Jazeera, EU Observer and Politico EU.

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