Israel-Palestine Peace Process
The ten-week-old conflict, which has caused as many as 300 deaths mostly by Israeli troops doesn't seem to end even after both the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat and Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak issued public statements calling for end of violence in the Holy Land. On November 2, 2000, only hours after Palestinians and Israelis reached a tentative truce to end more than a month of violence, a car bomb went off near a popular outdoor market, killing two people. Since the outbreak of the second intifada, people around the world have witnessed many bloody scenes where people sacrifice their lives for their own justification of peace. Many people had a hard time believing their own eyes when viewing a photo shot of a father trying to protect his son from pouring bullets and another shot of a frightened 12-year-old boy killed as his father tried to shield him from Israeli bullets were released throughout the world. There are those who blame Ariel Sharon, the rightist Likud party leader for triggering the revolt by offending Palestinians. There are others who are questioning his intention of entering the Islamic holy compound Harm al Sharif known as the Temple Mount to Jews. There are also debates on whether
Israel's near-pariah status in the region has forced itself to become one of the military super powers in the world. Economically, it enjoys today a per-capita income of $ 18.000, placing it far ahead of countries surrounding it. However, unlike many realists' contention, either its economic or military superiority doesn't seem to be sufficient enough to resolve the conflict that is based on ideology. Some are evening saying that Israelis weakened morale doesn't back up it military and economic strength in putting an end to the conflict. "Israel today has money and weapons, the Arabs have will. Israelis want a resolution to conflict, Arabs want victory. Israel has high capabilities and low morale, the Arabs have low capabilities and high morale. Again and again, the record of world history shows that victory goes not to the side with greater firepower, but to the side with greater determination," said Daniel Pipes, the director of the Middle East Forum, in his article in the February issue of Commentary. After the defeat of the 1967 War, Palestinians became more frustrated with their situation that left them subject to daily petty humiliation. With the resentment among Palestinians, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which was founded in 1964, have launched a series of retaliatory acts in an effort to regain its authority over the land they lost by the decision of the outside world. To a degree, its movement has been highly successful in terms of making the world more aware of the Israeli-Palestine conflict and getting international recognition as the representative body of Palestine. But, this ongoing battle between the two has proved that no matter how Israelis are used to living comfortable lives, their morale in defense of their nation will be sustained. Significant Events and Policies such as Israel's Law of Return Chief among these were Israel's practice of building Jewish settlements in the occupied territories which disrupted the cardinal formula of "land for peace" and intensified the Palestinian national feeling, which made the Palestinian people look for solutions beyond resolution 242. "The Israelis firmly decided that the Old City was their most cherished territorial acquisition and that regardless of the costs they would absolutely refuse to give it up." It was hoped that after the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including the refugees, were addressed, all of the Arab world would recognize the Jewish state and peace treaties would finally be signed. These on-going clashes between the two sides once again discourage those who hope to see peace in the region. According to some people, spasms of violence, historically, have
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