Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community's existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way the new nation was established. This book focuses on Israel-European Community relations from 1957 to 1975 - from the signing of the Treaty of Rome (1957), which officially established the Common Market, to the conclusion of Israel's Free Trade Agreement with the Community. It reveals a new and key facet of Israeli diplomacy during the country's infancy, joining the many studies concerning Israel's relations with the United States, France, Germany and Britain.
Author(s): Gadi Heimann; Lior Herman
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: viii+290
Israel’s Path to Europe- Front Cover
Israel’s Path to Europe
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of illustrations
Figure
Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1: The path to economic integration
Historical background: the establishment of the EuropeanEconomic Community
The European Community institutions
The economies of The Six: the effects of establishing the EEC
Chapter 2: The Israeli economy confronts the CommonMarket challenge
A blooming economy
Agriculture—Israel’s most important export sector
The future of Israel’s economy lies in industry!
The Common Market challenge to Israeli exports
Chapter 3: Pursuing a range of options
Establishment of the Inter-Ministerial Committee
Israel’s attempt to penetrate the Council of Europe and theinitiative for a multilateral agreement
The Israeli campaign for multilateral negotiations withOEEC countries
Initial contacts with the EEC
Chapter 4: A covert understanding between the Commission and Israel
The Commission pushes Israel towards thesolution of association
The Israelis decide in favor of association
Lobbying in the capitals of The Six
The failure of Israel’s first attempt to achieve association
Chapter 5: The end of the dream of association
A limited trade agreement?
Israel insists on association
At a crossroads
Chapter 6: The decision to begin negotiations on a trade agreement
The bureaucrats in Brussels stand firm
Lobbying for negotiations
The adaptation of the “tactical approach”
The decision to open negotiations
Chapter 7: The low ebb of Israel-EEC negotiations
Stalemate in the first round of negotiations
The Dutch initiative
The negotiations hit rock bottom
Chapter 8: A non-preferential agreement
New proposals in Rome and Bonn
Rey assumes the reins
The Israeli dilemma
Chapter 9: Israel’s return to association
Orange exports and the “European product”
The meeting of the follow-up committee: Israel abandons thepragmatic approach
Israel returns to the association solution
The Commission decides in favor of a preferential agreement
Chapter 10: A preferential agreement
The Six Day War and France’s uncooperative stance
The change in the German position and the Frenchcapitulation
Conclusions
Appendix 1: List of archives and abbreviations
Appendix 2: Illustrations
Index
