Oh, absolutely. Everything could change from one moment to the next. Any adult alive today has lived through at least several major global events already, each with ramifications that could last for decades or longer. As a battleground of three world religions and a place of strategic importance to pretty much everyone in the world for numerous economic, military, cultural, political and other reasons, the Middle East in general and Israel/Palestine in particular appear almost tailor-made for spawning yet another one of these events.

I would also go so far that the lack of a shared vision for the EU’s foreign policy isn’t limited to this issue alone. Perhaps it’s the inevitable consequence of the EU being an alliance (economic, political, cultural, military and geographic) of many independent nations with their own goals and interests instead of a monolithic, centrally led bloc (despite the dominance of France and Germany).