land for peace
Cede for harmony
Land for peace is a diplomatic formula in which one party to a territorial dispute cedes land in exchange for security guarantees or normalized relations.
The phrase is most associated with Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, where Israel would return occupied territories in exchange for recognition and an end to hostilities: The Oslo Accords were built on a land-for-peace framework.
The concept appears in other conflicts but carries particular weight in Middle East diplomacy.
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- occupied territoriesRegions under foreign control
- West BankOccupied Palestinian territories
- Gaza StripDisputed coastal enclave
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
negotiation · Oslo Accords · borders · settlement · ceasefire · concession · good faith · diplomacy · negotiating table · treaty · occupation · withdrawal · sovereignty · conflict · resolution · olive branch · accord · buffer zone
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hebrew
- Mideast ConflictsArab-Israeli conflict, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Gulf War, Iran-Iraq War
- Mideast DiplomacyOslo Accords, Camp David, two-state solution, normalization, shuttle diplomacy
- Mideast PeaceOslo Accords, Camp David, two-state solution, roadmap, normalization
- Oslo AccordsOslo Accords, Rabin, Arafat, PLO, Israel
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, pacifying, negotiate
land for peacemilitary victory
Success in armed conflict
total war · unconditional surrender · conquest · fight to the finish · war of attrition
land for peaceexpansionism
Policy of territorial growth
annexation · revisionism · facts on the ground · revanchism · Manifest Destiny
land, peace, lands, landed, landing, landings, landlord, landless, homeland