摘要
The conclusion of the Israeli-PLO accord has deep-rooted international and do-mestic causes. 1. The international political circumstances have become favourable for peace-ful settlement of disputes. As a result of the disintegration of the former Soviet U-nion and the end of the Cold War, the rivalry between the two superpowers overthe Arab-Israeli dispute has ceased to be. The US and Russia have both changedtheir strategies for the Middle East from making use of local contradictions to join-
