The Israeli-Sino Cooperation

Israeli-Sino Cooperation

China

Discussion and Analysis

'If everything is ultimately a question of power, where does it lie in the conflict over land? If jews and Arabs cannot simply sit round a table and sort our their problems between themselves..... there is no single power that can use it's muscle to impose a solution...' Colin Chapman 1983 pg.268

'Sharon may have gone bu his legacy is still very much alive. It has been nurtured over a decade in the Israeli military which is in effect the dominant factor in Israeli politics...' Reinhart 2006 pg.4

'The fundamental problem with negotiations is that the opponents are profoundly disparate in power. Negotiations are between the powerful and the powerless are largely rhetoricl and come down to gift giving' Baylis Thomas 1999

• Importance of and maintaining Non-interference
• Self- interested
• International player
• China's Influences
• Game changer

Israel-Palestine in context

Research Question

Will Israeli-Sino cooperation bring about peace?

Research Aims

• To investigate the peace process of the Oslo Agreement from 1991 to 2001, the Road Map in 2003 and Washington 2010.
• To analyse the role of extended mediators and actions of Israel within these peace processes.
• To investigate the cooperation between China and the region and its potential to aid the peace process.

• A protracted and deep-rooted conflict
• Social and economic separation
• Political Zionism & Jewish immigration
• Arab nationalism
• The State Of Israel 1948
• Opposing meta-narratives & national narratives

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• Qualitative
• Secondary Resources
• Journal of Palestine studies
• Journal of Peace Research
• Journal of politics, economics and Culture
• SAGE, JSTOR, Taylor and Francis
• Governmental and intergovernmental
• NTU One Search

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• Inherent shortcomings
• Neglecting core issues
• Expansion of Jewish settlements
• Importance of external intervention

Hypothesis

'If Israeli-Sino cooperation deepen then the peace process will take a significant step forward'

The Road Map 2003

Conclusions

• Formulated by the Quartet; US,UN,EU,Russia
• George W. Bush-2 state solution
• 3 Phases - 1. Support for 2 state solution...2. Provisional boarders, 3. Implementation...
• Reason for failure

Peace efforts 1991-2001

Thus hypothesis rejected

• The Oslo Agreement 1993
• Decleariotn of Principles
• The Hebron Protocol 1997
• Camp David 2000

Washington 2010

• Restart of direct talks after 19 months
• US as mediator
• Freezing of settlement construction for 10 months
• Disagreement over 1967 boarders
• Failure of mediators

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Chapman, C., 1983. Whose Promise Land? The continuing crisis over israel Palestine. A Lion Book. UK.

Fawcett, L. (ed.), 2005, International Relations of the Middle East, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Chapters 10-11)

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Cynthia Adebiyi-Yekinni

Athina Van Der Schouw