Seriously.

Would you say the EU-Israel trade relation is at stake if people make statements about Gaza, an internal Israeli affair?

Finally, my own personal view on diaries is that they are the equivalent of personal blogs. People write about what interests them, and not everything or everyone has to have a European connexion. If it doesn't interest you you don't have to recommend it (and enough people have done so to put this diary on top of the recommended diary list for a while).

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes