Israel-Gaza Conflict related content 

An EU border assistance mission may soon be back in business. Many tourists in Egypt have been cutting short their stays because of the turmoil. But such are the regional...

Israeli authorities to ease export restrictions on certain products from Gaza. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has welcomed a decision by the Israeli...

It is time that Israel took its boot off Gaza's windpipe. It is easier to enter a maximum-security prison than it is to enter the strip of land – 45 kilometres long and...

Five EU foreign ministers to travel to Gaza as Israel allows in more goods. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has welcomed measures announced by...

Israel to allow more goods into Hamas-run territory. The European Union has welcomed yesterday's announcement by Israel that it will relax its blockade of the Gaza strip.

The EU and Turkey should have a role in preventing weapons entering Gaza. I write with reference to the  editorial “More than ritual response needed to Gaza...

EU foreign policy chief reiterates EU's desire for more goods to be allowed into Gaza. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has greeted with caution...

Israel agrees to international observers taking part in flotilla raid inquiry. Tony Blair, the international envoy for the Middle East, has said that there is “in...

The EU contributed indirectly to the tragedy of the Free Gaza Flotilla. There was never much doubt that Israel would try to stop the Free Gaza Flotilla and prevent a group...

The EU's member states have called for an “immediate, full and impartial inquiry” into Israel's assault on a naval convoy delivering aid to the Gaza Strip, according to...

Rocket fire hits Israel as EU's foreign policy chief visits Gaza. The first visit to the Middle East by Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, was overshadowed by...

Trip could run into opposition from Israeli government Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, wants to visit the Gaza strip during a trip to the Middle...

Israel must learn to make peace with its enemies. The attitude shown by Yoel Mester, the spokesman for the Israeli Mission to the EU (“A dangerous proposal for peace”,...

Creative solutions to the Middle East peace process are often flawed. Considering the many obstacles and setbacks in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the tendency of...

Palestinian rivalries have undone peace talks in the past, and would do so again. Like everyone else, Clara Marina O'Donnell (“‘West Bank first' approach has failed”,...

If conditions in Gaza are to improve, basic human needs cannot be treated as bargaining chips. As we enter the fourth month since the end of hostilities in Gaza, it is...

The Palestinian government seeks more than €2bn in aid; Israel and Hamas not present at meeting. Senior officials from donor governments are meeting in the Egyptian...

Chris Patten should consider his own country's history and the report of an organisation he chairs before condemning Israel's actions in Gaza. Chris Patten adopts a...

Only a fraction of the EU's post-conflict aid is currently reaching the Gaza Strip. The European Commission is to provide around €32 million in humanitarian assistance...

“Overzealous bureaucracy” on Israel's part is restricting flow and type of aid that is reaching the Gaza Strip, EU executive says. The amount of aid reaching the Gaza...