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Israel is not in Europe so I would say never.barm22 wrote:Is there a chance that Israel will join the Europe-Union and then Israeli citizens will be able to live and work in europian countries?
If it may happen , when will it happen?
Well in that case why not South Africa, Australia, USA, Canada, etc? They all have substantial white "Eurocentric" populations...geoffsinclair wrote:Interesting concept, and not an entirely new idea.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/06/27/edsalz_ed3_.php
Some in Israel view Israel as a European state with European views located in the Middle East. If you can sit Turkey around the EU negotiating table, why not Israel?
After all, Israel currently competes in European circles in sports and the most important competition of all, Eurovision.
Why not answer the question as to why Turkey and why not Israel?Dawie wrote:Well in that case why not South Africa, Australia, USA, Canada, etc? They all have substantial white "Eurocentric" populations...geoffsinclair wrote:Interesting concept, and not an entirely new idea.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/06/27/edsalz_ed3_.php
Some in Israel view Israel as a European state with European views located in the Middle East. If you can sit Turkey around the EU negotiating table, why not Israel?
After all, Israel currently competes in European circles in sports and the most important competition of all, Eurovision.
Yes its from 2003 but I did give a caveat which states that the idea of Israel being a member of the EU is not a new concept.runie80 wrote:thats a 2003 Article.
= a joke among Commonwealth people. Its a play on words nothing more.geoffsinclair wrote: You already have the Commonwealth, where the wealth is not common.
Technically that is incorrect. The whole of Palestine was part of the Ottoman empire before the 1st world war and then was a British Mandate territory up until the UN decided to mess it all up in 1948. Before that it was ruled by the European crusaders and of course let's not forget the Romans too who ruled it ages ago.Fairtrade wrote: That shows that countries don't need to be physically be part of the European continent to be part of the European Union but Isreal unlike Reunion is not an overseas department of a EU candidate and was never colonized by a European country.
Perhaps we shouldn't forget the Jews, either!Dawie wrote:Technically that is incorrect. The whole of Palestine was part of the Ottoman empire before the 1st world war and then was a British Mandate territory up until the UN decided to mess it all up in 1948. Before that it was ruled by the European crusaders and of course let's not forget the Romans too who ruled it ages ago.
I'll just back this by what I found.Dawie wrote:Technically that is incorrect. The whole of Palestine was part of the Ottoman empire before the 1st world war and then was a British Mandate territory up until the UN decided to mess it all up in 1948. Before that it was ruled by the European crusaders and of course let's not forget the Romans too who ruled it ages ago.Fairtrade wrote: That shows that countries don't need to be physically be part of the European continent to be part of the European Union but Isreal unlike Reunion is not an overseas department of a EU candidate and was never colonized by a European country.
But of course that was true for most of the other Muslim countries around the Mediterranean, and they are no more likely to join the European Union anytime soon either.
If I can remember my history lessons correctly, it was also colonized by the arabs prior to the crusaders arriving there. Of course you also left out the most important part of the equation,the jewish people.Dawie wrote:Technically that is incorrect. The whole of Palestine was part of the Ottoman empire before the 1st world war and then was a British Mandate territory up until the UN decided to mess it all up in 1948. Before that it was ruled by the European crusaders and of course let's not forget the Romans too who ruled it ages ago.But of course that was true for most of the other Muslim countries around the Mediterranean, and they are no more likely to join the European Union anytime soon either.
Most of the Jews in Israel are from Europe or Russia. But European colonies are not allowed into the EU. Australia, New Zealand, Canada and US are all outside.archigabe wrote:If I can remember my history lessons correctly, it was also colonized by the arabs prior to the crusaders arriving there. Of course you also left out the most important part of the equation,the jewish people.Dawie wrote:Technically that is incorrect. The whole of Palestine was part of the Ottoman empire before the 1st world war and then was a British Mandate territory up until the UN decided to mess it all up in 1948. Before that it was ruled by the European crusaders and of course let's not forget the Romans too who ruled it ages ago.But of course that was true for most of the other Muslim countries around the Mediterranean, and they are no more likely to join the European Union anytime soon either.
