ABSTRACT
Justice is an idea that has a noble history and has had multiple definitions bandied about. Although frequently lacking expressed statutory or codified effect, justice has an almost universal appeal among peoples who consider themselves civilized. As contextualized by international legal specialists concerned with ending violent conflicts, the content is most frequently consigned to the notion of redistributive justice, or a reallocation of some set of goods following the negotiating phase of the conflict. The theme of justice is frequently placed in an historical perspective, which has developed from the singular historic trauma of the first open Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948. The Palestinian predicament is never placed too far from the formulation of public diplomacy in either the Arab or Muslim states' decisionmaking arena. The Israeli primary negotiating position, that is, its maximum bargaining point, is the territorial integrity of the state and, more importantly, the protection of its citizens.
