Nevertheless, it has become clear that the two sides cannot overcome their mutual animosity and distrust alone, and that an external initiative is required which will encourage or even force them to bring the violence to an end and resume a political process of peace. The reciprocal mistrust on the one hand and the lack of any political initiative on the other have prevented any effective political action. The situation of mutually damaging stalemate has not even reached the necessary point to put an end to the violence. These failures have proved that Israel and the Palestinians were neither ready to resume negotiations nor even to reach an effective cease-fire. Endeavors have included the attempts of three American envoys: Mithchell, Tenet, and Zinni. All the attempts made since September by those involved and by others to halt the violence and to resume negotiations have failed. The drafting of the Road Map came too late, after more than two years of the cruel and brutal wave of violence that erupted at the end of September 2000, and which brought the Oslo Process, following seven years of negotiations and interim agreements, to a total collapse. In this short article I would like to discuss the reasons for drafting the Road Map, examine its content, and evaluate its chances of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is the most serious international effort to intervene in the conflict, with the aim of ending the violence, resuming peace negotiations, and resolving the conflict. The Road Map drafted in December 2002 by the Quartet (the United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations) is a turning point in the violent history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially since the collapse of the Oslo Process and the eruption of the new wave of violence in September 2000. Human Development & Regional Integration.Prevention of Polarisation and Violent Extremism.Spanish Network of Anna Lindh Foundation.
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