For years, many Arab politicians and analysts had argued that Europe, in contrast to the United States, could play a more balanced role in solving the Middle East conflict. They concluded that if it wasn't for US hegemony and unilateralism in the region, European impartiality and adherence to international laws and conventions could have forced Israel's hands into accepting a just settlement of the Arab-Israel dispute.
"AMMAN, Jordan - Muhannad Haddad grew up here, went to school here, got a job in a bank here and traveled to foreign countries with a passport from here. Then one day the authorities said he was no longer Jordanian, and with that one stroke they took away his citizenship and compromised his ability to travel, study, work, seek health care, buy property or even drive. "