| Summary/Abstract |
The Arab-Israeli conflict has defied numerous attempts at resolution, placing it in the category of intractable conflict. Yet even a conflict as intractable as this can be transformed, and breakthroughs toward peace can occur. Indeed, this has happened between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and even the Palestinians — in the form of the Oslo Accords. Looking at the Israeli side of the conflict, numerous factors lay behind these breakthroughs, while their absence or the addition of other circumstances or factors accounted for the numerous failures.1 An understanding of some of these factors may provide insight not only into the pitfalls that await future efforts at resolution, but also into possible remedies.
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