Abstract There are two principal reasons behind the lack of success in reaching a final peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, namely, the malfunctioning negotiations’ framework from one side and the complexity of the negotiated issues from the other. This article is mainly addressing the bilateral framework’s flaws when it comes to the Oslo accords and the way the two negotiating parties have perceived them. It is an attempt to overhaul the existing Oslo peace process and not to create a new one. Oslo process has become entrenched over more than twenty years of different practices and legal realities. The article is also introducing a negotiating framework that combines the benefits of a multilateral regional track to the Oslo process aiming to redress the latent structural flaws. It is intended not to tackle the final status issues, as there is a plethora of literature doing so. The extensive focus on those complicated issues without redressing the process’ structural flaws has led partially to the current stalemate. The role of any mediator or external partner is not to solve those issues on behalf of the principal parties, but to work on the negotiating framework and the process itself.

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以巴和平进程的新区域方法

摘要 以巴双方未能达成最终和平协议的主要原因有两个，一是谈判框架失灵，另一方谈判问题复杂。本文主要针对奥斯陆协议双边框架的缺陷以及双方对这些问题的看法。这是对现有的奥斯陆和平进程的彻底改革，而不是创建一个新的进程。奥斯陆进程已经在二十多年的不同实践和法律现实中根深蒂固。本文还介绍了一个谈判框架，该框架将多边区域轨道的好处与奥斯陆进程相结合，旨在纠正潜在的结构性缺陷。它不打算解决最终地位问题，因为有大量文献这样做。对那些复杂问题的广泛关注却没有纠正流程的结构性缺陷，这在一定程度上导致了目前的僵局。任何调解人或外部合作伙伴的作用都不是代表主要各方解决这些问题，而是致力于谈判框架和流程本身。