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The Broken Promise of the Democratic Peace: Israel and the Palestinian Authority

The Broken Promise of the Democratic Peace: Israel and the Palestinian Authority

May 1, 2002 | Joel Fishman
The idea of the democratic peace, although not explicitly named, was an essential element of the Oslo Accords. The term "democratic peace" is generally understood to have two components: the assertion that democracies are inherently peaceful, and that they do not, as a rule, wage war against other democracies.