Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peace

Continuity in the positions of the Labour Party and Likud relative to the occupied Palestinian territories is the main cause of the failure of the peace process in the Middle East. The ups and downs of these ten years of negotiations, the progress and the setbacks cannot be explained by only looking...

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Main Author: Ferran Izquierdo Brichs
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) 2002-06-01
Series:Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals
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Online Access:http://www.cidob.org/es/content/download/4778/47722/file/57-58izquierdo.pdf
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description Continuity in the positions of the Labour Party and Likud relative to the occupied Palestinian territories is the main cause of the failure of the peace process in the Middle East. The ups and downs of these ten years of negotiations, the progress and the setbacks cannot be explained by only looking at an account of the process. One must go back in time and analyse the development of thinking among the principal elements of Israeli politics relative to the goal of Jewish colonisation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and the problem of controlling the Palestinian population of the occupied territories.Only in this way can one understand the different positions of the Tel Aviv government regarding peace and their refusal to take the one step that could end the conflict: withdrawal from all the territory occupied in June 1967.
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spelling doaj.art-eb567084eb7e4ba8a7136a5b5fa941f22022-12-22T00:17:03ZspaBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals1133-65952013-035X2002-06-0157-58159175Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peaceFerran Izquierdo BrichsContinuity in the positions of the Labour Party and Likud relative to the occupied Palestinian territories is the main cause of the failure of the peace process in the Middle East. The ups and downs of these ten years of negotiations, the progress and the setbacks cannot be explained by only looking at an account of the process. One must go back in time and analyse the development of thinking among the principal elements of Israeli politics relative to the goal of Jewish colonisation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and the problem of controlling the Palestinian population of the occupied territories.Only in this way can one understand the different positions of the Tel Aviv government regarding peace and their refusal to take the one step that could end the conflict: withdrawal from all the territory occupied in June 1967.http://www.cidob.org/es/content/download/4778/47722/file/57-58izquierdo.pdfOriente Medioacuerdos de paznegociaciones.
spellingShingle Ferran Izquierdo Brichs
Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peace
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals
Oriente Medio
acuerdos de paz
negociaciones.
title Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peace
title_full Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peace
title_fullStr Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peace
title_full_unstemmed Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peace
title_short Labour, Likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories: the failure of peace
title_sort labour likud and the colonisation of the occupied territories the failure of peace
topic Oriente Medio
acuerdos de paz
negociaciones.
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