Research Article

European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel's Regional Conflicts (2006-2016)

Volume: 7 Number: 2 December 31, 2020
Mohammed Abu Saada , Yıldırım Turan *
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European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel's Regional Conflicts (2006-2016)

Abstract

The study aims to answer the question of the nature of European-Israeli military relations during the time of four conflicts in the Middle East region; one with the Lebanese Hezbollah, and three in the Gaza Strip. In this view, we divided the study into three principal parts. The first part focuses on European-Israeli military relations by addressing three phases. The first phase from 1949 to 1967, i.e. from the establishment of the State of Israel to the Six-Day War; the second phase from 1967 to 1993, i.e. the period that preceded the peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians, the Oslo Accord; and the third phase from 1993 to 2006, which addresses the period preceding the Israeli war on Lebanon. The second part examines the justifications for the military relations between Europe and Israel through a review of Israeli and European concerns that stimulate the existence of military relations between them. The third part addresses the areas of armament and military exercises between EU countries and Israel from 2006 to 2016. The study concludes by providing several findings, most prominently, that European-Israeli military relations were not seriously affected during Israel’s regional conflicts in the period of 2006-2016.

Keywords

Israel, Europe, Military Relations, Regional Conflicts, Middle East

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APA
Abu Saada, M., & Turan, Y. (2020). European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016). Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 7(2), 209-232. https://doi.org/10.26513/tocd.735508
AMA
1.Abu Saada M, Turan Y. European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016). TJMES. 2020;7(2):209-232. doi:10.26513/tocd.735508
Chicago
Abu Saada, Mohammed, and Yıldırım Turan. 2020. “European-Israeli Military Relations During Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016)”. Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi 7 (2): 209-32. https://doi.org/10.26513/tocd.735508.
EndNote
Abu Saada M, Turan Y (December 1, 2020) European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016). Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi 7 2 209–232.
IEEE
[1]M. Abu Saada and Y. Turan, “European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016)”, TJMES, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 209–232, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.26513/tocd.735508.
ISNAD
Abu Saada, Mohammed - Turan, Yıldırım. “European-Israeli Military Relations During Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016)”. Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi 7/2 (December 1, 2020): 209-232. https://doi.org/10.26513/tocd.735508.
JAMA
1.Abu Saada M, Turan Y. European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016). TJMES. 2020;7:209–232.
MLA
Abu Saada, Mohammed, and Yıldırım Turan. “European-Israeli Military Relations During Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016)”. Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 209-32, doi:10.26513/tocd.735508.
Vancouver
1.Mohammed Abu Saada, Yıldırım Turan. European-Israeli Military Relations during Israel’s Regional Conflicts (2006-2016). TJMES. 2020 Dec. 1;7(2):209-32. doi:10.26513/tocd.735508