-——Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Denmark; Finland; Greece; Ireland; Luxembourg; Malta; Portugal; Slovakia; and Slovenia——
Taken together they don’t equal Texas. Light weight trivialities trying to be relevant
You forgot something:
...Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain...
Believe me, we could starve them to death if we ever want to do so. Together those nations above are by far the biggest trade partners of the Israelis. If the EU would stop its economic relationsship with Israel, the impact for the Israelis will be a desaster.
Of course such ridicolous behavior makes no sense and nobody has the intention. It is rather the contrary. Germany i.e. donated advanced submarines (for free!) to Israel for giving them a nuclear second-strike-capacity. We want Israel as a (if not “the”) free zone on the Arab part of Asia in the future. Nevertheless we would be pleased, if the Israelis could solve their problems in the occupied areas of Palestina (or Israel - I do not care) with less noise and with less violence.
Sometimes you need real friends to get some honest advice. The Israeli problem is, that the cost of conditioning the arabs in the long term is far too high. A peace would be much cheaper. The development of this country from the 2nd to the 1st world will simply not happen under those conditions.
In the meantime many many young Israelis leave their country for ...Europe..., since this is a much better place for them to be. In combination with the breathtaking arabian birth rate the days of Israel are counted, if they do not find a sustainable solution with the Palestinians.
Nevertheless it is their own decision.
Regards from Europe
Andreas