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nations were fearful of. Secondly, each country assessed the needs of the other
country. For instance, the Netanyahu government will allow 50,000 Palestinian
workers to obtain workers permits. This is an increase of 13,000 permits from
37,000 permits. Also, Israel will allow the opening of a Palestinian airport in
the
Gaza, but the Palestinians allowed the Israelis to maintain security and inspect
ion
rights. Although these are just two areas were compromise has been made; the
ability and will of the nations to compromise is very evident. Thirdly, each si
de has
viewed the others objectives and weighed how realistic they are in their own
national interest. In other words, both the Israel and Palestinian governments
have
compromised on all the issues; thus, they have come up with a happy medium that
they can both deal with. Finally, each side went out and achieved the goal that
the
wanted to. For instance, both sides came to the United States and made the
agreement publicly known, and used President Clinton as their witness to the eve
nts.
As one can see, the application of political terms to major political events is
not
difficult. One can take almost any term in the political world and find it bein
g
appreciated in the present day. Diplomacy is an excellent example of this becau
se it
is used so often in the world political system. There are many other examples o
f
diplomacy being used in the everyday world. Businessmen use it to make a trade
or
sell an item. Policemen use it to get to the bottom of a case. Basically, dipl
omacy is
used by all sorts of people in everyday life; one does not have to be a politici
an to
use diplomacy to achieve a goal.
Bibliography
Contreras, Joseph. "Toothless in Gaza." Newsweek 9 September 1996: 49.
Cooperman, Alan and David Makovsky. "A Mideast Odd Couple." U.S. News &
World Report 9 September 1996: 34-35.
Schmemann, Serge. "Netanyahu Meets With P.L.O. Leader." The New York
Times 8 September 1996: A1 & A8.