1st Edition

Israel’s Path to Europe The Negotiations for a Preferential Agreement, 1957–1970

By Gadi Heimann, Lior Herman Copyright 2019
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

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,... Read more

Introduction



Chapter 1: The Path to Economic Integration



Chapter 2: The Israeli Economy Confronts the Common Market Challenge



Chapter 3: Pursuing a Range of Options  



Chapter 4: A Covert Understanding between the Council and Israel



Chapter 5: The End of the Dream of Association



Chapter 6: The Decision to Begin Negotiations on a Trade Agreement



Chapter 7: The Low Ebb of Israel-EEC Negotiations



Chapter 8: A Non-Preferential Trade Agreement



Chapter 9: Israel's Return to Association



Chapter 10: A Preferential Agreement



Conclusions

Biography

Gadi Heimann is Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Franco-Israeli Relations, 1958-1967 (Routledge 2017).



Lior Herman is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.