Abstract The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or the Israeli-Arab conflict/the conflict in the Middle East, as it was called in official EC/EU language all the way up to the 2000s, presented what was widely perceived in Europe to be a golden opportunity for the EC to unite its foreign policy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, as important that goal was, many European politicians—from left to right—simultaneously saw an equally golden opportunity for the EC to contribute to help resolve the conflict. The EC/EU’s self-perceived ‘special,’ ‘moral,’ ‘unique’ and ‘distinctive’ role as a peace-builder is one of the defining features of its 50-years involvement in the conflict. Another defining feature during these five decades of EC/EU involvement in the conflict is the centrality of the conflict for instability/stability in the wider Middle East. There are many references in the Bulletin of the EC/EU describing the conflict as lying at the heart of continuing tension in the Near East or being of the utmost importance to Europe and to the whole world.

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欧盟如何谈论以色列和巴勒斯坦冲突的方式，时间和原因？

摘要直到2000年代，一直以EC / EU官方语言称为以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突或以色列-阿拉伯冲突/中东冲突，这在欧洲被广泛认为是金色欧共体在1960年代末和1970年代初统一其外交政策的机会。但是，这个目标同样重要，因此许多欧洲政客（从左到右）同时看到了欧共体同样有千载难逢的机会来帮助解决冲突。EC / EU作为建立和平者的自我感知的“特殊”，“道德”，“独特”和“独特”角色是其参与冲突50年的主要特征之一。EC / EU参与冲突的这五个十年中，另一个重要特征是冲突对于扩大整个中东地区的不稳定/稳定至关重要。