ABSTRACT
Without doubt, the Intifada convinced an increasing number of Israelis, in particular the hawks within the Labour Party, of the urgent necessity to negotiate a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. But the prospects for such an approach were impeded by the fact that Likud was in power. Therefore, it was obvious not only to the Israeli public but also to those external players engaged in the conflict, such as the United States, Jordan, and Egypt, that Israel’s path to peace would be strengthened considerably once the Labour Party assumed power. Seen in this way, Labour’s victory in the 1992 election had tremendous positive consequences for the peace process.
