Lessons learned and strategic thinking after the Gaza crisis EU and MEPP Task Force meeting

The EUISS organised a one-day Task Force meeting in Paris on the EU and Middle East Peace Process entitled ‘Lessons Learned and Strategic Thinking after the Gaza Crisis’ on 30 March 2009.  The meeting brought together experts from around Europe and the region to survey European involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict, extract lessons from this lengthy experience, and evaluate recent shifts in the situation, with a special focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The meeting focused on the situation on the ground after the Gaza crisis; European actors; European policy instruments; and perspectives from different EU institutions.