Authors: Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, and Michael Singh, Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Fall 2009
World Affairs Journal
Explanations for the lack of progress in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians fail to acknowledge one fact: the Palestinians’ repeated rejection of increasingly attractive Israeli offers, write Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh. The reason behind this lies in demographics, evolving regional dynamics, political realities and increasingly asymmetric means of warfare--all of which are tilting the Palestinian people away from a two-state solution with Israel.
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