ABSTRACT
After tracing the historic background to the conflict and quest for peace at the top-leadership level, the chapter will delve deeper into the psychological dimension of the conflict and its impact on the cognitive and ideological beliefs of the Arab parties concerned, particularly Jordanian. The analysis will permit a better understanding of the turn political events had taken by highlighting the influences on the decision-making process in Jordan and will also explain the roots of the anti-Israeli culture (better known later as the ‘anti-normalization movement’) identified later in this book as a key obstacle to a warm peace. It is noteworthy that in constructing a historical narrative, reliance was on mainstream English language historiographies.
