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The Language of Power: The Trump plan and Europe recognising Palestine - two different planets?

EUROPEAN UNION ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Participants

Paul Taylor

Senior Visiting Fellow, Europe in the World Programme

Aaron David Miller

Middle East adviser to five Secretaries of State from the 1980s to 2003; Scholar and broadcaster

Silvia Colombo

Researcher and faculty advisor at the NATO Defence College; Associate fellow in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa programme at the Italian Institute for International Affairs

This week’s episode of The Language of Power explores whether Washington and Europe are on different planets when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Just a day after President Trump unveiled a 20-point peace plan, securing Netanyahu’s backing while warning Hamas of annihilation, European countries led by France and the UK joined Saudi Arabia in recognising a Palestinian state. But will either move change realities on the ground, or simply highlight diverging transatlantic approaches?

Host Paul Taylor speaks with Aaron David Miller, a veteran US peace negotiator, and Silvia Colombo of the NATO Defence College, about the prospects of a ceasefire in Gaza, Europe’s divided role in the Middle East, and whether recognition of Palestine is meaningful diplomacy or symbolic virtue-signalling.

Listen in for insight on what’s at stake for peace, power, and Europe’s influence in the region.

You can listen to the episode on SoundCloud HERE.

This podcast is a part of the Europe in the World Programme.