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August 2007 Magazine The Diplomatic Club August 2007 Magazine People Ramiro Cibrian Uzal: the head of EU delegation to Israel Middle East Digest No Longer Wanted Diplomatic Events The Diplomatic Club August 2007 Magazine People Ramiro Cibrian Uzal: the head of EU delegation to Israel Middle East Digest No Longer Wanted Diplomatic Events editor The Diplomatic Club Magazine 84 Hashmonaim St. Tel-Aviv P.O. Box 20344, Tel-Aviv 61200, Israel Dear Members, 708 Third Avenue, 4th Floor, New York NY 10017, U.S.A Like every year in the diplomatic community, summer is the time of changes. Club Diplomatique de Geneva So we are happy to welcome all new diplomatic staff to Israel. And to whish P.O. Box 228, Geneva, Switzerland our regular members a fruitful year starting straight after the summer break. As always, the Diplomatic Club is happy to help all his members with adjusting with life in Israel. Whether by sending you the Medical Directory, by opening Publisher The Diplomatic Club ltd. channels to insurance deals or by offering you discounts in many shops, theatre General Manager Julia Verdel and concert halls, air tickets and duty free boutiques, not to say anything about Writers the phone deal the Diplomatic Club has secured for its members to shield Barry Rubin them from the steep rise in the costs of international phone calls these last Anthony J. Dennis two years, the Diplomatic Club is here to help you. Patricia e. Hemricourt, Israel Ira Moskowitz, Israel As the summer is now over, it is time to go back to work. And the Diplomatic Bernard Marks, Israel Club will work harder than ever to bring its members new and improved Christopher Barder, UK services .We would like to draw the attention of our new members and remind Ilan Berman, U.S.A our regular ones a special offers and rubrics that available on our site: Reporters www.diplomacy-club.com under the rubrics Discount schedule, Real Neil Sandler Estate, Car Services and Second hands. Ksenia Svetlova Olga Tyomina Please note the opening of a new site Mall on -line will provide additional Advertising service for the convenience of the diplomatic corps, easy shopping and TAX Tel: 972-3-5622061/2 REFUND according to the law of state of Israel. [email protected] The Diplomatic Club and staff wish you a successful academic year. Layout Irit Tal Accounting Roded Rinegold Yours sincerely, Legal Support Mati Simhovitz Law Office Julia Verdel General Manager And the Editorial Team The Diplomatic Club Magazine Printed bi-monthly Tel: 972-3-5622061/2 Fax: 972-3-5620212 [email protected] www.diplomacy-club.com Content Ramiro Cibrian Uzal - the head of EU delegation to Israel....4 No longer wanted.........................................................................................8 Diplomatic Events.........................................................................................12 On the cover: Bastille Day Celebration Italian Mentalscapes exhibition.......................................................14 The Diplomatic Club Magazine 3 people Ramiro Cibrian Uzal The head of EU delegation to Israel: "Resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict is our top priority" By Ksenia Svetlova he desk of Ramiro Cibrian Uzal, the head of EU delegation to Israel, is always filled with papers and letters, that need to be read, written or signed. Between all this paper avalanche a few books with Hebrew letters and notebooks also could be found. Once a week ambassador goes to Gordon ulpan in Tel Aviv to study Hebrew along with repatriants from Russia, Ukraine, USA and Argentina. Hebrew is his sixth language, a recent addition to Spanish, English, French, German and Czech. Learning the language, he believes, is substantial to understanding the culture and the mentality of the country one serves in, he says. Cibrian-Uzal took up his position as the Head of the European Commission Delegation to the State of Israel on 1 January 2005. Mr. Cibrian-Uzal arrived to Tel Aviv from Brussels, where he served as Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Vladimir Spidla in the last months of 2004. During the 2.5 years of his service here, perhaps some of the most turbulent years in Israel, he worked with two prime- ministers, witnessed one unilateral disengagement, one war and a whole lot of I can assure you that not only that is very then pro-Israeli and are not entirely ups and downs in Israeli-Palestinian important, but it is actually on the top of convinced that active engagement of complicated relations. He believes that EU external relations agenda. At a summit EU in Arab-Israeli peace process will despite the obstacles the ultimate goal- meeting in December 2003, EU leaders serve Israeli interests. What would you conflict resolution can be achieved and adopted a security strategy that determines say to them if asked directly? that Europe can contribute plenty to this an Arab-Israeli conflict to be the top of process. our concerns. Commissioner Benita If any one, from any side is looking for a Ferrero-Valdner and High Representative biased mediator, they will be disapp- ointed, Why is it so important for Europe to Havier Solana are traveling to the region because EU is very much prepared to be participate in Arab-Israeli peace process on the regular basis, we are very involved objective, fair and to take into consi-deration and to take a role of a broker, a very in the political process, as well as in all the legitimate rights and interests of all demanding and difficult role? establishing dialogue between civil societies the parties, just as anybody else. We have on the both sides, we are also contributing demonstrated beyond any doubt that we Middle East is very important to Europe, economically reinforcing and supporting are a capable and unbiased broker, that we because of our geographic proximity, as the Palestinian and Israeli economies. After are a friend of Israel, and of Arab countries. well as our cultural and historical ties. We signing the free trade agreement Israel now Also the polls and surveys we conducted believe that this conflict needs to be resolved has an access to most advanced markets in prove and support my personal feeling - and that we can contribute a lot to it. the world for its goods, as we believe in that during the last few years there is a practical steps that can strengthen the moderate, but gradual and positive change The Middle Eastern region is, economy. And we are willing to do more, among the Israeli public towards the unfortunately, very rich with conflicts. if we will be asked to and if the task will European role in conf-lict resolution sphere. Recently, Lebanon and Iraq were also be clearly formulated to us. added to the list of "crisis zones" in In fact, a few accusations from a the area. How high is Arab-Israeli In Israel many are convinced that Palestinian side were heard during last conflict on EU agenda? Europe has always been more pro-Arab, few months, concerning Europe's 4 The Diplomatic Club Magazine people economical and political boycott of States and their position on Syria. Surely, conflict still hasn't been solved? HAMAS government and then of unity you know, that the American government government. isn't involved in any sort of negotiations Probably, because it's one of the most or political contacts with Damascus. At the complex and difficult conflicts that the Our position on ties with HAMAS, any ties same time, Nancy Pelosy, the Speaker of world is dealing with. And still, I believe political or economic is clear. In spring the U.S. House of Representatives, that if there is a will, there is a way. My of 2006 the Quartet has established the undertakes a trip to Syria and meets with mission here is to say: If you are ready to three guiding lines which HAMAS has to the Syrian president. What does it say about end this conflict, Europe is here to assist comply with it's the recognition of Israel, the official American position? It remained you with that and to do all what it takes to and of previous peace treaties that were unchanged, just as our is towards resolve the situation. signed between the PLO and the State of HAMAS.EU officials of all levers are Israel, and the rejection of violence. As obliged to our declared line of the 3 Quartet During the 2.5 years of your service in long as our demands are not met, we will conditions. Israel, you witnessed a lot of violence not change our policy towards HAMAS. and brutality, wars, death, rockets and As for the members of HAMAS who visited suicide attacks. How do you feel about However, quite a few European EU countries I cannot say that any living in such a tense area. politicians, including Luiza Morgantini, member of HAMAS is denied of visa to the vice-president of EU parliament EU, that would be an exaggeration, however Well, naturally I wish for this conflict to be paid visits to Gaza in the last few I can guarantee that Ismail Haniya and the over, however, because of my personal months, and met with Ismail Haniya. members of his cabinet were never invited background I'm used to this kind of unrest. A few HAMAS ministers were also to EU countries, and I do not believe that I come from the Basque country in Spain, invited to visit the EU countries. Don't any of them will change their position on where we also had violence and bombs and you think that these actions somehow this matter, as it will negate all the previous explosions. One cannot say he is used to ruin the effect of EU official firm policies.
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