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

Decision Analytics

Table 30 Israeli benefits, costs, perceived benefits and perceived costs for Principle 8

Israeli benefits from Palestinian concessions	Priorities	P1	P2	P3
Reduction in threat from conventional military risk from Palestinians	0.3278	1	0.975	0.862
No other country can support/aid Palestinians with military	0.1883	0.563	0.525	1
Sense of security	0.1726	0.975	1	0.862
Using Palestinian airspace for military training	0.3113	0.938	0.033	0.07
		0.8939	0.6012	0.6417

Israeli costs from Israeli concessions	Priorities	I1	I2	I3
Threat	0.4448	1	0.01	0.725
Loss of control	0.4757	0.888	0.375	0.825
Redeployment and restructuring how to ‘deal’ with the new status	0.0795	0.813	0	0
		0.9316	0.1828	0.715

Israeli perception of Palestinian benefits from Israeli concessions	Priorities	I1	I2	I3
Allocation of resources for economic development rather than military expenditures	0.5978	0.195	0.01	0.663
Declare and ensure the neutrality of the State of Palestine	0.1127	0.725	0.925	0.888
Ensure the security of the State of Palestine through international guarantees	0.2895	0.318	0.725	0.862
		0.2902	0.3201	0.7458

Israeli perception of Palestinian costs from Palestinian concessions	Priorities	P1	P2	P3
Risk associated with limited national defense	0.11	0.725	0.563	0.1
Political cost associated with the limitations of arms	0.2364	0.725	0.5	0.5
Financial burden incurred by the international community and to be shared by the State of Palestine	0.1688	0.033	0.502	0.313
National pride undermined by limited arms policy	0.4849	0.75	0.1	0.725
		0.6203	0.3133	0.5335

Palestinian actions
P1. List of forbidden weapons
(a) Strategic Weapons
(b) Tanks
(c) Missiles/Rocket
(d) Aircraft
P2. Monitoring
(a) Private groups
P3. Multinational monitoring (Principle 9)