Challenges to the International Legal Order - Israeli and European Perspectives
by: Dr. Roby Nathanson date: 30.11.-0001The annual meeting of the Israeli-European Policy
Network (IEPN) in Berlin, Germany focused on the
role that International Law plays in the relations
between Europe and Israel as well as its impacts on
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Global politics in recent years has been marked by a revival in ethno-nationalist policies that has followed a wave of populist leaders to markedly change the landscape of international relations. Israel has been at the forefront of this shift, with an increase in nationalist sentiments accompanying a push away from modern democratic ideals and towards an approach that highlights the importance of the state of Israel as the home for the Jewish people. This attitude has leaked into many aspects of Israeli politics, including the manners in which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is addressed, the status of Israel-EU relations, especially as they relate to the legal standing of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and even the ways in which the fundamentals of the Israeli political system are understood and interpreted...
