Beyond the Israeli-PLO Peace Agreement: The U.S, Role in Consolidating Peace

Publication Date: October 1993

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Phillips

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Middle East

Type: Report

Coverage: Israel Palestine

Abstract:

The Declaration of Principles signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) at the White House on September 13 was a historic, but tentative, step toward peace. Although widely hailed as a peace agreement, the Declaration of Principles actually is an agreement to negotiate a peace agreement. It addresses the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which is a central but subordinate part of the broader Arab-Israeli conflict. And even on the Palestinian question, the agreement constitutes more of a wish list than a blueprint.