When EU ambassadors met in the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to discuss Middle East policy on 15 January some of them didn't know there was in effect a 29th delegation in the room - Israel.
They were finalising a statement to be endorsed by EU foreign ministers a few days later.
But Israeli diplomats appeared to be reading EU draft texts and amendments in real time.
Some EU sources said Israeli contacts sent text messages to them with requests to alter wording sho...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.