One such factor is the process of globalisation, built on the ruins of the bipolar world order, at least in its East-West expression. For the protagonists in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the confrontation between the US and the USSR at the global level helped perpetuate their confrontation at the regional level. That is no longer the case following the demise of the Soviet Union. However, the globalisation process has ensured that Israel will continue to enjoy crushing military superiority over all the Arab states taken together, which is hardly conducive to a peace settlement based on equity and justice. Another factor is the common will of the protagonists not to allow matters to reach the point of no return.
None wish to see the spiral of violence spin out of control to plunge the entire region into chaos.
There are already signs that the political and ideological confrontation between Zionism and pan-Arabism is degenerating into a religious confrontation between Jews and Muslims. And if the religious dimension takes over, the conflict is bound to grow and spread. That is why the Arab states were so keen to convene an Arab summit. The convening of a full Arab summit, including Iraq, became possible. Egypt would have hoped to hold the Arab summit prior to the Sharm Al-Sheikh summit.