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According to polling, over half of Europeans are neither 'for' Israel nor 'for' Palestinians, but often a little for both. Among those with a strong opinion, pro-Palestinians are slightly in the majority, except in Germany

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The EU must become an honest broker again in the Middle East

On Friday 13 October, almost a week after the horrible attacks by Hamas in Israel, a football match took place between the Netherlands and France in Amsterdam — a match preceded by difficult, political negotiations.

The idea was that before kick-off, the players would be silent for a minute for the victims of the violence in the Middle East. This would be announced through loudspeakers. Therefore, a short text was needed. The question was: what kind of text?

France insisted on a ...

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Caroline de Gruyter is an EU correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a recent column in NRC.

According to polling, over half of Europeans are neither 'for' Israel nor 'for' Palestinians, but often a little for both. Among those with a strong opinion, pro-Palestinians are slightly in the majority, except in Germany

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Caroline de Gruyter is an EU correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece is adapted from a recent column in NRC.

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