The initiators of the 2002 Arab peace initiative likewise understood that a strictly bilateral approach might be inadequate, and instead called to regionalize the solution to the conflict. Loss of mutual trust between the parties, and their total incapacity to take even the smallest step towards each other, let alone to observe their commitments without prodding by third parties, made (and still makes) an international framework for peace the only way out of the dangerous impasse.
2002年阿拉伯和平倡议的发起者同样也认识到，单单让以色列和巴勒斯坦达成和解也许并不充分，所以他们呼吁达成一个使整个地区化解冲突的方案。各方之间缺乏相互信任，以及他们无法向对方作出哪怕最小的让步，更别说在执行他们的承诺的义务时不会刺激到第三方的利益，使得唯有达成一个国际和平的框架协议，才能走出这个危险的僵局的，过去和现在都是如此。