A Palestinian State and Israeli Security
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4287946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerome Slater (0000-0001-9460-5630, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 411-429 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2151740 |
| OpenAlex | W2333916364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the aftermath of the 1991 war against Iraq, the prospects for a final, comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict are mixed. The conditions have never been more favorable: the offensive military capabilities of Iraq, the region's most powerful and radical state, have been eliminated, thus removing the main security danger to Israel; the prestige and leverage of the United States is at its peak, not only with Israel but also with the leading Arab states; the Soviet Union is clearly committed to a political settlement and is prepared to work cooperatively with the United States toward that end; the major Arab moderate states of Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are genuinely committed to a compromise political settlement; and Syria has steadily moved toward a more moderate position, now indicating it will accept a settlement of the conflict if it gets the Golan Heights back and there is an acceptable resolution of the Palestinian problem. The Palestinian problem is still the crucial one. Despite the fact that Palestinian support for Saddam Hussein has had a disastrous effect on their political standing and leverage with all the major actors in the region Israel, the moderate Arab states, and the United States -there is widespread recognition of the fact that a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian problem remains the sine qua non for an overall settlement. Few if any Arab states can or will agree to the permanent Israeli occupation of Arab lands and the repression of Palestinian nationalism. But major obstacles to a settlement remain. The prospect that the Israeli gov
Arab–Israeli conflict · Compromise · Conflict resolution · Economics · Leverage (statistics) · Nationalism · Offensive · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Engineering · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2013 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |