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July 8, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/books/excerpt-myths-illusions-peace.html

Linkage: The Mother of All Myths

[New York Times] Dennis Ross and David Makovsky - Since the origins of so many regional tensions and rivalries are not connected to the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is hard to see how resolving it would unlock other regional stalemates or sources of instability. Iran, for example, is not pursuing its nuclear ambitions because there is an Arab-Israeli conflict. Sectarian groups in Iraq would not suddenly put aside their internal struggles if the Palestinian issue were resolved. Like so many conflicts in the region, these struggles have their own dynamic.

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