The middle east peace process and its possible future

Abstract

A critical analysis of the Middle East peace process reveal that its future is linked to the commitment by all parties in the conflict to implement the resolutions of the UN and its agencies and to accept a peaceful settlement of the conflict. While these would, as a general observation, act contrary to the interest of certain categories of actors, it emerges as the realistic possible way of resolving the conflict in the Middle East. This study presents an examination of the factors that led to the Arab-Israeli conflict, possible options and future to the peace process and the impact of the conflict on the Middle East Region in a web that concretises the emerging ideas to policy formulation and implementation at the state levels with respect to political and military policies. The study provides a resume of political analysts, experts m conflict management, researchers and documents that have precipitated the present study. A review of these researches reveals that the future of the Middle East Peace process has not been dealt with in an exhaustive study. The study also reveals that the various perspectives on the future of the peace process have not been fully explored. It is also revealed that there can be no solution to the Middle East peace process in the near future as long as Israel does not abandon its ambition to establish a greater Israel state in the occupied land, and that no solution to the Middle East conflict can be arrived at as long as the parties involved in the conflict aim at annihilating each other.