Nov. 06
“Israel’s prospects for an upgraded relationship with the European Union will have to wait for a ‘decisive breakthrough’ in the peace process. So the EU’s commissioner for enlargement, and for the European neighborhood policy, has made clear to The Jerusalem Post.”
Nov. 14
“By a margin of one, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to pass his proposal for a 90-day settlement freeze when he brings the matter before the 15-member security cabinet.”
Nov. 26
Guardian columnist Khaled Diab says the European Union should “focus on a gradual, but systematic, downgrading of Europe’s relationship with Israel for as long as no progress is made to resolve the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict.”