Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to answer the following question: ‘Does US foreign policy undermine peace efforts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories?’ Careful observations of US foreign policy during the Oslo Process reveal that the United States has indeed undermined peace efforts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The American position substantially departed from United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338, which the Palestinians were promised would serve as the basis for negotiations. Although the American–Israeli alliance underwent periodic adjustments, American foreign policy has, over the last decade, helped to create a framework in the Middle East wherein only Israeli needs have legitimacy. During the Oslo Process, the United States and Israel have tried to impose Israel’s plans on the Palestinians, ignoring United Nations resolutions and the international community. The evidence reveals that US foreign policy was based on double standards and unfair terms. Further, the seeming link between the aid provided by the United States to Israel and the latter’s aggressive policies toward the Palestinians makes it appear as though Washington is ‘rewarding’ such policies, that is, as if Washington is enabling Israel to deny Palestinians’ legitimate rights, violate United Nations resolutions and principles of international law, keep its military occupation forces, and expand Jewish settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Read full text here  American foreign policy and peace in the Middle East

Keywords:

US foreign policy

the Middle East peace process

Israel/Palestine

Palestine Cause

conflict resolutions

 

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Notes:

(*) Contemporary Arab Affairs, Vol. 3 No. 3, July-September 2010; (pp. 271–296) DOI: org/10.1080/17550912.2010.493739

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(**) Abdel-Fattah Mady: Department of Political Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Corresponding author e-mail: ammady@gmail.com  and Abdelfattah.Mady@gmail.com

 


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