HISTORY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Operation Defensive Shield, Second Intifada, Ehud Olmert
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Both concluded that the other side had never been serious about peace o. Both decided to abandon compromise and negotiations in an effort to impose their will on the other side by force. Among both israelis and palestinians, this shift toward unilateralism drew strongest support from the poorest, least westernized, most culturally isolated sections of the population. In both societies, unilateralism found less support among cosmopolitan, western educated people. The result has been a mutual return to violence and threats of violence. Until both sides are exhausted, or a new outside mediator can be found, it is hard to have hope of negotiations. Most israelis, like palestinians, had put much hope in the peace process. When oslo turned into the second intifada, negotiations fell apart. Between 2001 and 2005, israel pushed three unilateral strategies o o o. Israel built a separation barrier between itself and the west bank. Did not crest for a year and a half.
