Abstract:
The Israeli- Palestinian imbroglio has been adjudged the world's longest intractable crisis. The history
of Israeli- Palestinian imbroglio dates back to biblical times when they were both Hebrew and Arab
Kingdoms in the area. To the Arabs, the Jewish State (1948) was an alien presence injected into the
traditionally Arab lands on the basis of a 2000 year old claim and to expiate the Jews' suffering which
the Arab people had not caused. To the orthodox Jews, it was a land given to the Jews by God and
therefore tantamount to sacrilege to part with any part of it to the Arabs. Wars have been fought with its
attendant consequences. The Quartet comprising the European Union, United States of America, Russia
and the United Nations-have all tried to evolve peace summits, resolutions and accords towards settling
the crisis. All manner of diplomatic overtures had been adopted, apology diplomacy inclusive. It does
seem that the conflict has defied every peace and settlement initiative ever known to man. While some
proffered the establishment of a state of Palestine as an age long antidote to the crisis, others are of the
opinion that the state of Palestine will worsen the fragile peace between the duo and subject Israel to
deeper and worse security scenario. Utilizing secondary sources of data, content analysis as well as the
realist theory of international relations, the paper examines the myriad of peace initiatives adopted and
concluded that justice is the only antidote to the age long imbroglio. |
