Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 12-3-2024
Abstract
On October 7, 2023, Hamas unleashed a vicious attack on Israeli civilians in the southern part of Israel. The plans for this attack were likely many years in the making. Nine hundred miles of tunnels crisscrossed Gaza with the terrorist infrastructure coinciding with the location of hospitals, school, Mosques and shelters above. On October 6, 2023, the history of the four rounds of Israeli Palestinian negotiations of the earlier part of the twenty-first century had been largely forgotten and completely ignored. The Likud coalition in Israel in 2023 - 2024 was in complete agreement with Hamas’ sponsor that no negotiations for a Two-State Solution should ever again take place. Given this alignment, it is surprising that Hamas chose this time to unleash the fury as it seems counterproductive on a grand stratigic scale. As of today, November 2024, each side to the conflict claims victory. Likud has destroyed Gaza and is dismantling Hezbollah in the north. Meanwhile, Hamas has garnered the sympathy and support of most of the globe and is amplifying its victory each day with each additional Gazan civilian casualty.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Reimer, Michael J. Dr, "Placing the Four Rounds of Israeli Palestinian Negotiations in the Twenty-First Century in the Context of IR Theory, Notably Realism Theory" (2024). Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 57.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/polysci-law-facpubs/57
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