41. The Way to Peace Emerged at Madrid: A Decade Since the 1991 Madrid Conference
- Author:
- Eytan Bentsur
- Publication Date:
- 02-2002
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- Abstract:
- The October 1991 Madrid Peace Conference represented a breakthrough in relations between the State of Israel and the Arab world. For the first time, Israel engaged in direct, face-to-face negotiations with all its immediate neighbors, and not just with Egypt, with whom Israel had signed a peace treaty in 1979. These talks were between the political leaders of the region, unlike the armistice discussions that Israel undertook in the late 1940s and 1950s. Madrid also launched a multilateral process that brought Israeli diplomats into contact with representatives of Arab states from North Africa and the Persian Gulf.
- Topic:
- Security and Religion
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Israel, Arab Countries, North Africa, Egypt, and Persia