Open AccessPeace Negotiations and the Dynamics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Author(s) -
Amr G. E. Sabet
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
peace and conflict studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1082-7307
DOI - 10.46743/1082-7307/2000.1007
Subject(s) - negotiation , meaning (existential) , natural (archaeology) , political science , dynamics (music) , expression (computer science) , process (computing) , epistemology , middle east , sociology , social psychology , law , psychology , history , philosophy , computer science , archaeology , pedagogy , programming language , operating system
The saga of the Middle East ‘peace process’ and the fanfare that has surrounded it, obscured the fact that little has been subjected to detailed systematic and objective analysis. Nor has it been sufficiently put to the test of negotiation principles in a fashion that would shed light on its underlying nature and substance. This caveat hindered addressing important questions regarding the very structure of the process and its ability to deliver on its purported promises. It further raises questions as to whether one could speak of a real peace in the making, or whether the whole endeavor is merely used as cant. By cant is meant “a mode of expression, or a cast of thought, of which the effect--irrespective of the motive--is to create a misleading discrepancy between the natural meaning of words and their practical significance...” (Hugo, 1970: 19).