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Table 11 Israeli and Palestinian costs and perceived benefits

From: A structured scientific solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the analytic hierarchy process approach

 

Priorities

Israeli costs from its concessions

 Integrity and unity of Israeli society post-agreement

0.0659

 Security

0.1831

 Strengthening the alliance with the United States

0.0457

 Make Israel more attractive to Jewish diaspora and Israelis citizens

0.0322

 End of claims and end of conflict

0.2093

 Legitimization of the State of Israel

0.0778

 Stop being occupiers

0.0477

 Peace, economy and stability in region

0.086

 Maintain the Jewish majority of Israel alongside with the Arab minority

0.2249

 Weakening the radical forces in the Middle East headed by Iran

0.0274

Israeli perception of Palestinian benefits from Israeli concessions

 Freedom, dignity and feeling of equality

0.1449

 Independent state

0.2145

 Evacuation of the settlers in the settlements

0.0661

 International recognition and permanent borders

0.0368

 Maximization of the area (land)

0.0816

 Economic stability and prosperity

0.0219

 East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine

0.1361

 Solve the Refugee problem

0.2128

 Control of the Muslim holy places

0.0853

Palestinian costs from its concessions

 Conflict between Palestinian diaspora and the internal leadership

0.0948

 Giving up the claim over historic Palestine occupied in 1948 and known later as the State of Israel

0.2055

 Partial loss/depletion of natural resources by sharing them with Israel

0.1257

 Loss of military capability to defend the State of Palestine

0.0575

 Territorial loss as a result of unfair land swap

0.2173

 Accommodation and rehabilitation of Palestinian refugees not allowed to return to Israel

0.1192

 Restrictions on national sovereignty by accepting demilitarization and multinational monitoring

0.1013

 Loss of property rights

0.0395

 Dislocation and fragmentation of Palestinian social fabric

0.0392

Palestinian perception of Israeli benefits from Palestinian concessions

 Gaining legitimacy of the Palestinian and Arab and Muslim world

0.1111

 Integration in the Middle East with normal relations with its neighbors and Arab World

0.0658

 End of claims by the Palestinians

0.2556

 Obtaining security by acceptance and recognition of the Palestinian and Arab and Muslim world

0.108

 Sharing the Palestinians with their own natural resources

0.0215

 Obtaining territorial gains

0.1184

 Economic relations and new markets including tourism with neighboring Arab and Islamic countries

0.0999

 Reduction of military expenditures enabling national development

0.0239

 Regional cooperation against external threats

0.0333

 Acknowledgement of Israeli control over the Wailing Wall and the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem

0.1626