TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT --- iii
DEDICATION --- iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- v
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS --- vi
INTRODUCTION --- 1
1. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND FOR THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS --- 4
1.1 Eurocentrism --- 4
1.2 Europeanization --- 6
1.3 The Principles of Human Rights--- 8
1.4 Europe and International Human Rights --- 10
2. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE EEC COMMON POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS STATUS IN PALESTINE --- 12
2.1 Human Rights Status in Mandatory Palestine --- 12
2.2 International Humanitarian Order and the Cause of Palestine --- 14
2.3 Palestinian Refugee Question --- 19
2.4 Pre-Oslo EEC Common Policy towards Palestine --- 22
2.5 EEC/EU and Oslo Accords --- 26
3. EU MECHANISMS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UN AGENCIES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANCE IN PALESTINE --- 30
3.1 EU Strategies and Objectives for Humanitarian Aid --- 30
3.2 European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) --- 32
3.3 EuropeAid Programmes for Development and Cooperation --- 35
3.4 European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) --- 37
3.6 PEGASE Programme --- 40
3.7 EU-UNRWA Cooperation --- 42
3.8 EU Contributions to the UNDP&OCHA Programmes --- 44
4. A TEST CASE: EU RESPONSE TO THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION --- 47
4.1 Prologue --- 47
4.2 European Deceptive Boycott of Israeli Settlements --- 47
4.3 EU Stance on Israel Construction of the Separation Barrier --- 53
4.4 EU and the Ongoing Judaization of Jerusalem --- 55
4.5 Lifting the Gaza Blockade: an Elusive Right with EU's Lack of Effective Solidarity --- 58
4.6 EU's Reaction to the Israeli Military Offensive on the Gaza Strip --- 62
4.7 Paradoxes of the EU-Israeli Relations: Accommodating vs. Sanctions --- 67
5. EU SUPPORT TO THE PALESTINIAN STATE-BUILDING --- 69
5.1 Prologue --- 69
5.2 EU-PA’s Contractual Relations--- 69
5.3 EU Democratization Policies and the Case of Hamas Electoral Victory --- 73
5.4 CSDP Civil Missions in the OPTs (EUPOL COPPS & EUBAM Rafah) --- 78
5.5 Europe's alignment with Fayyad Plan: the Last Gasp of a Two-State Solution --- 81
5.6 EU vote on Palestinian Statehood at the UN --- 83
6. THE IMPACT OF EU REGIONAL FRAMEWORK AND DECLARATORY DIPLOMACY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE --- 87
6.1 Post-Oslo EU Diplomacy Impact --- 87
6.2 Significances and Deficiencies of the EMP in Security and Human Rights --- 90
6.3 From EMP to ENP --- 93
6.4 UfM: An Imperfect Revival of the Barcelona Process --- 95
CONCLUSION --- 98
APPENDIX 1 --- 123 APPENDIX 2 --- 124 APPENDIX 3 --- 129 APPENDIX 4 --- 130 APPENDIX 5 --- 131 APPENDIX 6 --- 132 APPENDIX 7 --- 133
