{"id":198447,"date":"2005-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=198447"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:36:09","slug":"auto-insert-198447","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-198447\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace in the Middle East: P2P and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) publication advisory (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peace in the Middle East: P2P and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
\nAdel Atieh, Gilad Ben-Nun, Gasser El Shahed, Rana Taha and Steve Tulliu<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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By all accounts, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has proven highly intractable. Decades
\nof fighting and talking alike, have hardly managed to sway it off course. The general
\ndevastation visited upon Israeli and Palestinian society by this condition is evident to all,
\nand in particular to the protagonists themselves. The benefit of peace between Israelis
\nand Palestinians hardly needs explaining.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Because of its longevity and deep societal impact, the settlement of intractable conflict
\nusually requires the mutual reconciliation of belligerents. At a minimum, within the context<\/p><\/div>\n

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of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, mutual reconciliation implies acceptance by Israelis and
\nPalestinians of the principle of peaceful coexistence based on the common recognition of
\ntheir national rights. This, in turn, entails a profound shift in national mentalities on both
\nsides, with war-supporting beliefs giving way to peace-favouring ones.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The signing of the Oslo Peace Accords between the government of Israel and the
\nPalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1993 and 1995 gave scope to a multitude of
\npeople-to-people (P2P) programmes. Organized by local NGOs, these sought to
\nencourage Israelis and Palestinians to a better understanding of one another and
\ncommence a process of mutual reconciliation. A decade after their initiation, the return
\nof violence together with the collapse of most P2P activities makes it clear that these
\nobjectives have not been reached.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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A result of UNIDIR’s Fellowship Programme, Peace eace in the Middle East: P2P and the
\nIsraeli-P Palestinian alestinian Conflict Conflict, examines the failure of post-Oslo P2P activities and suggests<\/p><\/div>\n

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how these could be revamped. Illustrative examples of revised P2P programmes are
\ndiscussed in the areas of politics and the news media, followed by an inquiry into the
\ncapacity of local NGOs to carry out such actions. A guideline of policy recommendations
\ncloses the study.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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