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    The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Turkish Foreign Policy
    (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2004., 2004.) Ece, Müge.; Kut, Gün.
    In our increasingly globalizing world, there is one thing that has the potential to affect all of our lives in the same detrimental way. Regardless of nationality, religion, or language terror challenges people's lives and changes them in ways that one cannot reverse. In such situations the Palestinian Question is one of the first issues brought about by terrorists to justify their actions.The world's attention is many times shifted away from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict to other incidents which are believed to be in need of a more urgent reaction. However, the Palestinian Question remains the source of many ills that in turn disrupt the security and stability of not only the Middle East but the whole world. For years, the dominance of individual leaders from both the Palestinian, as well as the Israeli side have been strongly felt in their policy making process, respectively. Unique ambitions, suspicions, and inflexibilities of these leaders have always hindered the peace attempts in one way or the other. At the same time, the biased proposals and peace plans of the United States and few attempts by the not that fervent European countries, have not worked and actually worsened the situation.Up till now, Turkey has not taken an active role in the Middle East Peace Process, either. It has only made declarations in support of the Palestinian cause and acted in line with the decisions of the international community. However, it has a more thorough knowledge of the history, and has a better grasp of the dynamics of the region than either the United States, or the European countries, which have come up with peace plans and proposals that were rather futile. It also has good relations with both the Palestinians and the Israelis at the same time, which is an asset which none of the countries of the region acquire.At a point where all efforts by powers foreign to the region have failed, it is time for Turkey to make initiatives of its own to bring the sides together to directly discuss the most critical issues. As time proved, it is pointless to plan a cooling off period, expecting confidence building measures to be of any use. At this point in time, hoping the sides will start negotiating without any hatred towards and suspicions of each other would be utterly naive. Thus, it is most essential that discussions start with critical final status issues, such as the right of return of refugess, the status of Jerusalem and the borders of the Palestinian state.
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    The status of Palestine in the United Nations and its implications for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
    (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.) Gümüş, Abdurrahman.; Eder, Mine,
    The Palestinian application for UN membership in 2011 started the debates over the nature of statehood and reactivated the initiatives in different bodies of the UN. This dissertation focuses on the role of the UN in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and highlights the legal and political aspects of statehood by applying the theoretical discussions to the Palestinian case. The political process of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is based on the developments at different levels, namely the ground level, the UN level, and interactions between these levels including the negotiations so this mechanism can be defined as a complex two-level game for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Whereas the unilateral actions of Israel and the power imbalance in favor of Israel create an important advantage for the Israeli actors at the ground level, the legitimizing role of the anti-Israeli resolutions for the Palestinian claims and the high amount of support for the Palestinians in the international arena provide some assets for the Palestinian actors. The ground level witnessed a struggle over sovereignty while the UN level created a struggle over international legitimacy. Five General Assembly votes and three Security Council votes in terms of the policies and voting behaviors of the prominent actors and representative cases were analyzed in this dissertation. As a result, the UN process strengthened the hands of the Palestinians and contributed to the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, it should be accomplished with the support of the external actors and favorable regional context for a comprehensive solution.