discuss this further we're joined by a member of the european parliament paul murphy and the jerusalem post chief political correspondent hofmann gentlemen thank you for taking the time to speak with us up paul i want to begin with you the european union never officially approved of the israeli settlements but has also never taken action real genuine action before why now do you think. i think primarily it's a reflection of pressure from below in europe where by many many people are fed up with what is in reality the on go and complicity of the european union with the oppression of the public opinions where on the one hand you have crocodile tears about the palestinians well then fundamentally you have supporters including more me politically forty israeli astonishment and so the pressure simply has become too much for the european commission and so that introduced these guidelines it will be both to significant pressure continue to be built and applied to see that the guidelines are actually implemented in such a way that has an effect and if they are meant to fully and to an effect can be

neighbors which have already been through destructive civil wars and a correspondent from the jerusalem post kanan told us countries like israel can't make long term plans in such a positive as environment. again it's we just have to have a little patience now and wait and see how things play out if people take some time i think in general you can say a couple things about how as a look at these types of events israel is adverse to chaos in the first unpredictability and i think what this does is this sends the whole region into a certain degree of chaos in a certain degree of an untruth ability which is uncomfortable for israel israel like stability and likes predictability even if those it's dealing with are not necessarily favorable to it however like to know how they're going to have to take syrian president bashar assad for instance very tough relationship with israel over the years but as you kind of knew what he would do knew how he would react now in syria there's complete chaos in egypt also now catechize ways and it's tough it's tough for israeli policymakers to look at this and de

representatives over the years he is on "the daily telegraph news paper, "chicago sun-times," jerusalem post, the national post in canada and the sydney morning herald. finally, mr. black, in trenton you dedicate it to for loyal american friends in particular. tina brown, harold evans, ann coulter, julie nixon eisenhower, henry and nancy kissinger. rush limbaugh, peggy noonan. et cetera, et cetera. why were you specific about using the word loyal in the dedication? >> guest: well, in sort of crisis that i went through, the onslaught against me, some people went out of their way to be supportive, and some just went -- and if you really defected, became somewhat antagonistic so i wanted to show some recognition to those who have been supportive. because for the latest system works and this is not confined in the united states, when that degree of official is focus on a person, there is the intent by those targeting him to ostracize and isolate him. so all those, since i was writing about the united states i thought i would focus on americans in that. all those who resisted that, army of the on

paul murphy and the jerusalem post chief political correspondent phil hartman the discussion showed us in some ways just how differently that is sides see the situation. primarily it's a reflection of pressure from below in europe where by many many people are saddled with what is in reality on go and complexity of the european union with the oppression of the hottest indians or on the one hand you have crocodile tears about the palestinians well fundamentally you have support including more me immediately for the israeli astonishment and so the pressure simply has become too much for the european commission aggressive is not what how it's happening here in the aggressive act is the expansion of settlements the robbing of public opinion home owners that's what an aggressive act is taking place here i do want to get back to you i mean do you think that this is a price that's worth for for israel to play and play in order to gain this territory look the fate of what will remain part of israel or what would become part of a palestinian state will be decided in negotiations one side or an

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