Normalization with 'Israel': All Cost And No Benefit
NOVANEWS
JAMES ZOGBY, SULTAN BARAKAT
Palestinian negotiator and spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi flashes a peace sign from the bus that took the Palestinian delegation from Jerusalem to Amman, on its way to the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference talks between Jordan, Syria, Israel and Lebanon. (GABRIEL PIKO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, January/February 2019, pp. 8-11
Two Views
Normalization Doesn’t Advance Peace
By Dr. James Zogby
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN RECALL, Israelis have sought recognition and acceptance from the Arab world without reciprocity. At times, they have made the argument that if the Arab states simply recognized them as a normal state in the Middle East then they would feel secure enough to make accommodations with the Palestinians.
In 2002, in an effo...