In dit artikel bekijken de auteurs hoe de Belgische politieke impasse anno 2007 kan opgelost worden vanuit de negotiatietheorie.In this article a solution for the Belgian political problem anno 2007 is suggested via the theory of negotiation.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is deeply paradoxical: the basic outline of a deal that might better serve the interests of most Israelis and most Palestinians is reasonably clear and yet this violent conflict persists. Since the Camp David negotiations orchestrated by President Clinton collapsed in the summer of 2000, the entire Oslo peace process has disintegrated and in the following four years more than 1000 Israelis and 3000 Palestinians have died in renewed violence. The essential terms of such a deal are well known. President Clinton outlined them to the parties in December of 2000. It would involve a two state solution. There would be arrangements to insure a secure Israel, which would remain a democratic Jewish state. The new Palestinian state would include Gaza and the West Bank. All Jewish settlements would be evacuated, with possible exceptions for those very near the “Green Line” or adjacent to Jerusalem. Those settlements might be annexed to Israel in exchange for land that is presently part of Israel and other consideration. Jerusalem would become a condominium of sorts. Those portions of East Jerusalem presently occupied by Palestinians would become the capitol of the new Palestinian state, while the Jewish portions of Jerusalem would remain the capitol of Israel. The Palestinian claim that their refugees have a “right of return” would be definitively resolved in a way that insured that Jews remained a substantial majority in Israel proper. ___________________________