Ew, EU Interventionism (Which May Backfire)

The new EU document, entitled "EU HEADS OF MISSION Cover Note" is, in some ways, a declaration of diplomatic war against Israel.

It's operative conclusions, the "action items" include these:

E. Strengthen the role of the European Union

1) Enhance local coordination between Quartet actors for input into policy making and decisions.
2) Ensure EU presence when there is a risk of demolitions or evictions of Palestinian families.
3) Ensure EU presence at Israeli courts cases on house demolitions or evictions of Palestinian families.
4) Ensure EU intervention when Palestinians are arrested or intimidated by Israeli authorities for peaceful cultural, social or political activities in East Jerusalem.
5) Operationalise the EU policy on bringing high level visitors to sensitive sites (e.g. separation barrier etc).
- on logistics for high level visitors (e.g choice of hotel, change of transport East/West)
- on contacts with the Jerusalem Mayor and on refraining from meeting Israeli officials in their East Jerusalem offices (e.g. in the Israeli Ministry of Justice etc)
- on information sharing on violent settlers in East Jerusalem to assess whether to grant entry into the EU.

Without commiting myself or anyone else, I would like to point out to the EU diplomatic corps that such calls as above can become a two-edged sword (and "sword" is used without any intimidating intention; it's the idiomatic phrase). Residents of Jerusalem, or, for that matter, any Israeli as well as the Jewish resident revenants in Judea and Samaria, could view the diplomats, their missions and other elements of their presence in Jerusalem as legitimate targets for non-violent protests and demonstrations. And when I write "non-violent", I do not mean throwing rocks as is the Arab custom.

Anyone can go online, and find out all sorts of things.

Like EU assistance to the Palestinian Authority. And we heard Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, announce:

I confirmed that the EU will frontload an initial financial package worth €100 million for the Occupied Palestinian Territory under the 2011 budget.

The Office of the European Union Representative West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA, by the way, is at

5 George Adam Smith Street, Jerusalem
Telephone: (+972 2) 541 58 88
Fax: (+972 2) 541 58 48

The hands-on unit for all this interventionism is the EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories which was established on November 14, 2005 as the

EUPOL COPPS under the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). On 17 December 2010, the Council of the EU decided to extend the mission's mandate until 31 December 2011. Henrik Malmquist took office as the Head of the EUPOL COPPS mission on 1 January 2010.

And we know that

Employees of the British consulate in Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli police investigating a planned terror attack on a sports stadium

This is dangerous.

The EU rationale for its interventionism.


And information on this police unit:

EUPOL COPPS Press and Public Information Office
Land line: 02-2976677 (extension 113 or 121)
Press and Public Information Officer: 054-2666614/059-8999147
Press Information Officer: 054-3332724/059-8903123
Public Information Officer: 054-2666627/059-8950843
E-mail: press.office@eupolcopps.eu
Website: http://www.eupolcopps.eu/

You want more phone numbers?  Here:-

Belgian Consulate
Tel:+972-2-5828263 Fax: +972-2-5814063
British Consulate
Tel: +972-2-5828281 Fax: +972-2-5322368
Danish Consulate
Tel: +972-2-6258083 Fax:+972-2-6247403
European Community - Delegation to the OPT
Tel: +972-2-5326341 Fax: +972-2-5326249
French Consulate
Tel: +972-2-6259481 Fax: +972-2-690032
Greek Consulate
Tel: +972-2-5619583 Fax: +972-2-5610325
Italian Consulate
Tel: +972-2-5618966 Fax: +972-2-5618944
Spanish Consulate
Tel: +972-2-5828006 Fax: +972-2-5828065
Swedish Consulate
Tel: +972-2-5828117 Fax: +972-2-5828801

More:

Belgium Consulate General Jerusalem

5, Baibars Street, Sheikh Jarrah
97200 Jerusalem
P.O.Box 19099
Consul General Gerard Cockx
+972 2 5828713
+972 2 5828263
+972 2 5814063
+972 2 5828720
Jerusalem@diplobel.fed.be

http://www.diplomatie.be/jerusalem

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Royal Danish Representative Office in Palestinian Areas

48 Othman Ben Affan Street
P.O. Box 2444
Ramallah, via Israel

Phone: +972 2 240 2330
Fax: +972 2 240 0331
Web site: http://www.ramdk.org/
E-mail: repkon@ramdk.org

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British Consulate-General

19 Nashashibi Street
Sheikh Jarrah Quarter
P O Box 19690
East Jerusalem 97200
Telephone
972 (02) 541 4100 - 24 hour switchboard
972 (02) 532 8459/540 0451 Development
Consul General: Mr Richard Makepeace
http://ukinjerusalem.fco.gov.uk/en/

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Consulate General of Italy East Jerusalem

Jerusalem - Sheikh Jarrah 60, Nablus Rd.
Tel. (02) 5327447 Fax (02) 5322904
Consul General Luciano Pezzotti

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Consulate General of Sweden

P.O. Box 297
Jerusalem 91002
Visiting address:
58 Nablus Road
Sheikh Jarrah
Phone: +972-2-646 58 60
Fax: +972-2-646 58 61
Consular affairs:
Phone: +972-2-646 58 82 (telephone hours: Mon-Thu 13.30-15.00, Fri 10.30-12.00)
Fax: +972-2-532 51 70
E-mail: generalkonsulat.jerusalem@foreign.ministry.se

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Consulate General of Spain
Ansoáin Garraza, Consulate General

Chancellery and Residence:
Sheikh Jarrah Quarter.
5, Hativat Har’el Street
P.O.B.: 19128
91128 Jerusalem
Telephone: 02 - 535 01 00
Fax: (00972 2) 532 67 31
E-mail: cog.jerusalen@maec.es

Oficina Técnica de Cooperación AECI:
Dar al Awlad, East Jerusalem
Phones: (00972 2) 628 60 98 / 628 30 65
Fax: (00972 2) 628 60 99
E-mail: cooperac@netvision.net.il

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Greek Consulate General in Jerusalem

Address : 31 Rachel Immenu, Katamon, Jerusalem
Tel. : (009722) 5619583, 5619584 - Fax : 5610325
Emergency tel: 00972 547852560
E-mail : grgencon.jer@mfa.gr
Consul General : Sotirios Athanasiou

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Denmark
Jerusalem, Consulate (new Consul and Consulate)

Honorary Consul Zvi Agmon
Royal Danish Consulate
1 Agudat Sport Hapoel Rd.
Technology Park
Malcha, 3 Entry 4 fl.
Jerusalem 92149
Tlf.: (2) 560 7607
Faxnr.: (2) 563 9948
E-mail: dkcon-jerusalem-za@danishconsulate.co.il

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French Consul général : M. Frédéric DESAGNEAUX

Adresse : 5 rue Paul Emile Botta - PO box 182 - 91001 Jérusalem
Tél : [972] (2) 629 85 00
Fax : [972] (2) 629 85 01 / 629 85 02
Internet : http://www.consulfrance-jerusalem.org/france_jerusalem/
Courriel : diplomat@france-jeru.org

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Other diplomatic missions.


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P.S.

Another observation by Elder.