Conflict and cooperation in the age of COVID-19: the Israeli–Palestinian case
| Autor: | Lior Lehrs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Government
AcademicSubjects/SOC02270 Sociology and Political Science Gaza strip Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject peace processes Article Iaffai/8 diplomacy Middle East Politics Scholarship Iaffai/4 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Political science Political economy disaster diplomacy Political Science and International Relations Pandemic conflict resolution West bank Diplomacy media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Affairs |
| ISSN: | 1468-2346 0020-5850 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ia/iiab143 |
| Popis: | This article explores the impact of disasters on conflict areas through the example of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during the 2020-1 COVID-19 crisis. The author points to three main variables that determine how pandemics affect conflict and diplomacy: the structure of the conflict arena, domestic politics, and the progression of the pandemic. It contributes to the literature on ‘disaster diplomacy’ and provides analysis for those working in diplomacy by examining the conditions under which an ongoing pandemic might lead to either conflict or a peace process. How do disasters influence conflict and diplomacy in conflict areas? The scholarship shows that while they can provide opportunities for cooperation and ‘disaster diplomacy’ between parties to a conflict, they can also intensify tension and hostility. This article uses the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, exploring the impact of the crisis on relations between the rival parties and examining the conditions under which an ongoing pandemic might lead to either conflict or cooperation in a conflict area. The research is based on within-case analysis, comparing three conflict arenas: Israel–Palestinian Authority relations in the West Bank; relations between Israel and the Palestinian community in East Jerusalem; and Israel–Hamas government relations in the Gaza strip. The article outlines the possibilities and limitations of ‘disaster diplomacy’ in intractable conflicts and contributes to the literature by identifying how different contexts, relations and actors in each conflict arena affect the development of patterns of conflict and cooperation with regard to the pandemic. The study analyses the factors that shape how the pandemic affects the conflict, and the COVID-19-related diplomacy, in each sub-case, with attention to three main variables: the structure of the conflict arena, domestic politics and the developments in the pandemic. The analysis addresses the unique conditions of an ongoing global pandemic, as opposed to an isolated disaster event, and traces the changing impact of the pandemic on the conflict and on disaster-related cooperation at various stages. |
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