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

    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.

    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.