I could very well see Israeli authorities closing down all (peace) discussions. Because they don't want to debate with an organization which has, as their platform documents, to destroy the state of Israel. |
I think that one can't really understand the behavior of either party, or any party in the conflict, without looking at how (those parties) view their own history in the conflict. |
I would actually date it back, pretty directly, to the British Mandate period in Palestine between the two world wars. |