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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=5377
Europe's Double Standard on Israel
(Israel Hayom) Dore Gold - The demand by the European Union that its research and development grants not be applied to territories beyond the 1967 lines is built on a clear double standard. In 2005, the EU and Morocco signed an international agreement allowing European fishermen to operate in Moroccan waters, including in the territorial waters of Western Sahara, which was claimed by Morocco but not recognized as Moroccan territory by the international community, including the states of the EU. Morocco stands to gain at least 40 million euros in annual fishing fees. The EU is going ahead with the agreement, regardless of how it views the question of sovereignty in Western Sahara. European citizens have been purchasing beachfront vacation homes in the territory of Northern Cyprus that was occupied by Turkey in 1974. No punitive measures have been contemplated against Turkey because of the ongoing conflict over the future status of this disputed territory. The writer, Israel's former ambassador to the UN, is president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.