Konflikt izraelsko-palestynski w latach 2004-2007

The aim of the article is to present Izraeli-Palestinian relations after the death of Palestinian Autonomy’s President, Yasser Arafat (11.11.2004) and draw attention to the escalation of the Middle East conflict. Although some circumstances appeared suggesting a break-through and progress in Arab - Jewish relations, i.e. Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005 and negotiations in Annapolis in 2007, they did not lead to permanent agreements and resolving the conflict. The Jews left the territory in order to strengthen their positions on the West Bank and continue building the so called “Sharon Wall” exceeding the border established on 5.06.1967 and surrounding eastern Jerusalem. The process of the Autonomy’s political and ideological polarisation and the sides’ of the conflict focusing on one of the groups: Fatah or Hamas have proved unfavourable for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Such a situation apparently satisfied the Israeli government which supporting Mahmud Abbas seems to deliberately heat the dispute. The Israeli politicians’ tactics in the light of necessary peace to be introduced in the Middle East appears to be a short-sighted idea. Additionally, the Jewish society’s political split into the faction of “land for peace” supporters and the camp defending Israel’s rights to Gaza and the West Bank (Cisjordan) cannot be avoided. The scenarios of the situation development in 2008 do not look optimistic.