Dr. Bosmat Yefet

Ariel University

Bio

Bosmat Yefet is a lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Ariel University. She specializes in the politics of the modern Arab world, particularly Egypt and Jordan. Her research examines authoritarian governance, regime legitimation, human rights discourse, and relations between state institutions and civil society. Her publications address transitional justice, diaspora politics, media representation, and gender under authoritarian rule, with particular attention to political dynamics that have shaped Egypt since the 2011 uprising.

An Interested Mediator: Egypt and the Making of the 1969 Cairo Agreement

Abstract

This paper examines Egypt’s mediation between Lebanon and the PLO during the crisis of 1969, comparing the unsuccessful May talks with negotiations culminating in the Cairo Agreement. It argues that Egypt, as an interested mediator, invoked shared Arab commitments to press for compromise and make concessions politically defensible. This case shows how normative leverage, combined with relationships and negotiation management as bargaining conditions changed, could support compromise without ensuring a shared interpretation or reliable implementation.