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Israeli soldiers remove young settler from anti-Palestinian protest (Photo: delayed gratification)

EU leaders call US bluff on 1967 borders in Israel

EU countries have called on the US to get behind an initiative to revive Middle East peace talks based on a format disliked by Israel.

The EU leaders in a communique at the summit in Brussels on Friday (24 June) said they "fully support the high representative's call for the Quartet to create a credible perspective for the re-launching of the peace process as a matter of urgency."

The line refers to EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton's appeal to hold a meeting of the fou...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Israeli soldiers remove young settler from anti-Palestinian protest (Photo: delayed gratification)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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