TY - JOUR
T1 - The False Readiness Theory
T2 - Explaining Failures to Negotiate Israeli-Palestinian Peace
AU - Schwartz, Adi
AU - Gilboa, Eytan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Copyright 2022 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article applies a new conflict resolution theory-False Readiness (FR)-to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and offers a theory-based explanation of the numerous failures to resolve it. The FR theory was designed to facilitate research on protracted conflicts where the parties agree to open negotiations, conduct rounds for decades, but fail to reach peace agreements. It suggests that when at least one of the disputants does not seek resolution, no agreement can be achieved. Based on the FR theory, this article concludes that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the widely recognized sole representative of the Palestinians, behaved as an FR actor in negotiations with Israel. Ample empirical evidence demonstrates that this conduct is rooted in historical factors, ideological positions, and strategic policies adopted with little change since the establishment of the PLO in 1964. A similar application to the Israeli side may yield similar results.
AB - This article applies a new conflict resolution theory-False Readiness (FR)-to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and offers a theory-based explanation of the numerous failures to resolve it. The FR theory was designed to facilitate research on protracted conflicts where the parties agree to open negotiations, conduct rounds for decades, but fail to reach peace agreements. It suggests that when at least one of the disputants does not seek resolution, no agreement can be achieved. Based on the FR theory, this article concludes that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the widely recognized sole representative of the Palestinians, behaved as an FR actor in negotiations with Israel. Ample empirical evidence demonstrates that this conduct is rooted in historical factors, ideological positions, and strategic policies adopted with little change since the establishment of the PLO in 1964. A similar application to the Israeli side may yield similar results.
KW - Israeli-Palestinian conflict
KW - conflict resolution
KW - false readiness
KW - negotiation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132022358&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/15718069-bja10059
DO - 10.1163/15718069-bja10059
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AN - SCOPUS:85132022358
SN - 1382-340X
VL - 172
JO - International Negotiation
JF - International Negotiation
IS - 2
ER -