Negotiations at Oslo

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This paper examines the Oslo Agreement process which was pursued by Israel the PLO and the United States for a variety of international and domestic political reasons. The paper shows that the primary cause of this historic effort was nationalism. The Jewish people had forged the nation of Israel in the aftermath of the Holocaust and World War II, and the Palestinians were determined to forge their own nation in the aftermath of four Arab-Israeli wars. The paper shows that war had not resolved the differences between Arab and Jew, and Oslo offered an opportunity to achieve some semblance of peace.

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"The Oslo Agreement process was pursued by Israel, the PLO, and the United States for a variety of international and domestic political reasons, but the primary cause of this historic effort was nationalism. The Jewish people had forged the nation of Israel in the aftermath of the Holocaust and World War II, and the Palestinians were determined to forge their own nation in the aftermath of four Arab-Israeli wars. War had not resolved the differences between Arab and Jew, and Oslo offered an opportunity to achieve some semblance of peace in the Middle East through negotiations. Despite all of the various motivations involved, nationalism was the fundamental motivating force for both sides."

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