Can conflict- management be effective in the Israelipalestinian conflict? the inaccurate comparison with the protracted conflict of Cyprus

A string of recent events brought again at the forefront the deterioratingif not completely reversed, towards conflict-IsraeliPalestinian peace process; from the election of Donald Trump and his -at least partial or potential-detachment from the two-state solution as well as the recognition by the US of Jerusalem as the capital of the US,1 to the Israeli, continuous settlement expansion2 and from the discussion about an ongoing third Intifada to the Israeli hostility against any attempt of the Palestinian authority to upgrade its status internationally, as well as the debate for a Jewish state annexing West Bank, the prospects of a successful peace process are bleak.

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