Researcher Joel Singer has published a paper in the journal “Israel Yearbook on Human Rights” by the Brill Publishing House, entitled “The Case of Constructive Ambiguity in Israel-Arab Peace Negotiations.” The paper discusses the three stages of peace negotiations in the Middle East. First, the two parties resolve all issues that may arise due to the differences in language in their proposed texts. Then, the parties resolve many issues where they originally held different positions on substantive matters, but they compromise by agreeing on one text that means the same for both of them. Finally, in order to overcome a few remaining unresolved issues, the parties sometimes agree to adopt one text that is so ambiguous that they both accept it, although this text may mean two different things, allowing the parties to reach an agreement. While in fact, they continue to hold their original contradictory positions, a stage which the researcher described as constructive ambiguity. To check the paper, click here