Bleak Prospects for Peace in the Middle East
Eran Yashiv, Tel Aviv University | May 7, 2008
Decades of conflict have created economic, demographic, and political conditions that are compromising achieving peace in the Middle East. ++ Disincentives for the creation of two states are proving stronger than the rationale for peace. ++ Palestinians' animosity toward Israel, their scarring experience of war and violence, the influence of Islamic groups, and the ever blurrier ethnic and geographical demarcations are increasingly significant factors that prevent the implementation of an essential and seemingly evident peaceful resolution.
