Israel’s Perceptions of the PLO: From Recognition to the ‘No Partner’ Paradigm

Yoram Meital

doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/2347798914564753

Israel’s Perceptions of the PLO: From Recognition to the ‘No Partner’ Paradigm

Yoram Meital

Department of Middle East Studies

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

The widespread conception within Israel that there is ‘no partner’ for peace on the Palestinian side lies in the failure to distinguish between the recognition of the State of Israel and recognizing it as a Jewish state. Seeking the PLO to explicitly recognize the State of Israel on the eve of the signing of the Declaration of Principles had transformed into the demand to recognize Israel as the Jewish state as the prerequisite for final status negotiations. While the former was an essential precondition for the Oslo accords, the latter is highly controversial and mirrors a disputed ideological stand between Israel and the Palestinians.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	355-370
Number of pages	16
Journal	Contemporary Review of the Middle East
Volume	1
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2347798914564753
State	Published - 1 Dec 2014

Keywords

Declaration of Principles
Jewish state
Mandate Palestine
Oslo Process
Palestinian Authority
PLO

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Cultural Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations

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