Inconsistencies in negotiations spell failure

06/19/2012 14:53 By EFRAIM A. COHEN

Mideast negotiations are encouraging intransigence instead of compromise.

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The approach to Middle East negotiations generally adopted by the international community bears its own seeds of failure.

As a general principle, the party less interested in reaching a negotiated solution is given almost unfettered rein to impose stringent – often unreasonable – conditions before it will even begin to consider dialogue.

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Inconsistencies in negotiations spell failure

Mideast negotiations are encouraging intransigence instead of compromise.

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