Trading Refugees for Land and Symbols
The Palestinian Negotiation Strategy in the Oslo Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12212707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Are Hovdenak (Peace Research Institute Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-50 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Refugee Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-6328 • E-ISSN: 1471-6925 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jrs/fen039 |
| OpenAlex | W1986825796 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article analyses the negotiation strategy of the Palestine Liberation Organization regarding the refugee issue in the failed Israeli–Palestinian peace process from 1993 to 2001. It is argued that the PLO was on the brink of conceding the ‘right of return’ for the sake of territorial concessions from Israel. The author discusses the implications of this strategy for the domestic legitimacy of the Palestinian leadership, as giving up the right of return would violate a core tenet in Palestinian national mythology. It is argued that Israel's refusal to offer a minimum of face-saving gestures prevented the PLO from formalizing its compromise proposal
Compromise · Dilemma · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Gesture · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Mythology · Negotiation · Palestine · Palestinian refugees · Political economy · Political science · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2016 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |