Europe ’s failure to play a role in resolving this conflict does not result from its supposed anti-Israeli views, but from the fact that the EU is not a state. States are not given roles; they acquire them by the power assets they can deploy.
而欧洲无法在解决冲突方面扮演一个角色的原因并不在于其在人们心目中的反以色利观点，而是因为欧盟并不是一个国家。国家并不需要别人赋予它角色；因为在一个国家施展自己的权力资产时就自动得到了一个角色。而欧洲却无法施展那种足以影响阿以和平进程的权力。