Morton A. Kaplan

The Road Map, a step-by-step plan devised by the United States, European Union, Russia, and the United Nations to end terrorism and violence in the Middle East, is unlikely to succeed, Morton A. Kaplan argues in the following viewpoint. He contends that the road map will fail because it poses a significant security threat to Israel while demanding relatively little of the Palestinians. Kaplan asserts that unless the road map is reinterpreted and Palestinian prime minister Abu Mazen is able to end suicide bombings and overcome the interference of Palestine Liberation Organization head Yassir Arafat, Israel is likely to suffer increased terrorist attacks. Kaplan is the editor and publisher of the World and I.

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