THE
Background:
Arab/Palestinian Perspective
What made it possible
for Yasser Arafat to declare his recognition of
This same Yasser
Arafat had previously proclaimed that there would be neither recognition of,
nor peace or negotiations with,
1. The strengthening and legitimatization of the
Prior, people were so disorganized,
there was little problem with anything.
2. The Fundamentalist movement
The enormous vacuum generated by the political demise of Pan-Arabism following the 1967 War was partially filled by radical Islamic ideology, better known as Islamic Fundamentalism. That movement demonstrated its impact in several attempts to overthrow secular regimes by all possible means, including violence.
3. The Time Factor
This was, and still is, very significant to the entire Arab world, and even more so to the Palestinians. Contrary to the beliefs of many Peace Now activists in Israel, a quick glance at the last one hundred years of conflict between Arabs and Jews, Palestinians and Israelis, demonstrates that time is not on the side of the Arabs.
Background: The
Israeli Perspective
The following influencing factors will demonstrate the
truism of the statement made by the late Moshe Dayan
when, shortly before being appointed Foreign Minister in Begin’s
1977 government, he declared: “Small nations (such as
1. The threat of a Palestinian State in the West Bank and
The
control of the
ii)
One of
every five Israeli citizens is Arab.[50] The ongoing
political process, along with such a large minority, has far-reaching
ramifications for