Israeli-Palestinian conflict and regional power dynamics in the early 2000s

Israeli-Palestinian Situation

In the last decade or so, a sequence of regional changes has created a window of opportunity for inclusively for the Middle East peacemaking. The regional balance of power usually has shifted in the last ten or fifteen years in Israel's favor. The fact is that Israel has become more powerful and has given rise to a new Israeli that showed his eagerness to negotiate and to concede in negotiations with its Arab neighbors.

Current Scenario

The Security Council interrogation of the envoys of both Israeli and Palestinian as both the governments failed to apply the council resolutions that demanded an immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian cities. However, upon having a meeting between the two parties, it concluded to have an Arab request for a crisis open meeting on the Middle East rising conflict. The Palestinians hoped to have a council approval of a new resolution that demanded instant implementation of two resolutions that have been taken on in the past three weeks with an aim of stressing Israel to withdraw its troops and tanks quickly, which unfortunately did not happen.

Analysis and role of parties and domestic politics

The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, whose government may last until late 2002, after which the Labor Party may challenge him under its new leader since many ideological differences persist within the ruling national unity government along with the domestic politics of Palestinian-Israeli violence increase. The Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is trying to seek for the results since it's getting more and more difficult to hold together his varied national unity government.

Even though international pressure to moderate Israeli policy toward the Palestinians has reduced little recently, but he is still fighting to balance international and domestic calls to maintain dialogue with Palestinian officials in a bid to ease tensions.

However, if Mr. Sharon continued his focus on following only a military strategy against the Palestinians, it will become difficult for Labor as well as for right-wingers in the government to keep their differences aside. Furthermore, then again, if security talks lead to proper peace talks regarding the Palestinian- Israeli issue, it will expose also the wide divisions in the coalition.

Moreover, since September 2000, the increase in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has further reinforced in more recent weeks, that is joined with the delicateness of the domestic political environment, which has led to augment the doubt over Israel's international position.

However, the Unites States has started to interfere more actively in the conflict in order to protect its other interests that are in the region, although the frustration at the lack of progress in persuading calm has led the United States government to give increasing support to Israel's position.

Conclusion

Despite the irregular attempts made by the United States and other countries, which also include the surrounding states to arbitrate in the conflict, with Israelis and Palestinians so disillusioned. However, the progress in peace efforts have still being tried by al the nations collectively that also include the Arab States

Israel, which is geo-politically, situated at the core of two concentric circles with its inner one surrounding hold those countries that are engaged in the peace process. Whereas the outer circle contains countries like Iran and Iraq are not involved in these negotiations but still maintaining its positions of extreme antagonism towards Israel. Thus, the only solution for both countries is to seek and create zone of peace within the two states. Israel may be the most powerful state in the region, but simultaneously, the Israelis cannot change the fact that in the Middle East; they are only minority, and a minor one.