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Palestinian Issue Overshadowed by Regional Developments
(Medialine) Keren Setton - The long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, once a regular supplier of headlines, appears to have lost the interest of its audience. "There used to be only one conflict in the Middle East - the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," said Moein Odeh, a lawyer and human rights expert from eastern Jerusalem. "Now we have other conflicts, from the bloody Syrian conflict, to the Arab Spring and events in different places such as Yemen. This took the attention away not only from the international community, also from the Arab world." "Priorities in the Arab world are pushing the Palestinian cause down the list. The international community is also exhausted, they spent billions of dollars and many hours to figure out how to solve the problem with no success." "The current status quo is good for leaderships on both sides. For Israel, there is no peace, but also no war. For the Palestinians, as long as there is no solution, Israel can be blamed for everything...the Palestinian leadership is not looking to be held accountable."