The negotiations between the two groups has been a fairly unsuccessful and has resulted on years of violence. Discussing the various types of power and who has the dominate position.
Neither party possesses any informational power over the other. There is no information that can be provided to get one party to change their position. Neither party views the other as an expert.
Personalities and individual differences have not given any power to one side. Both parties have equally high needs to control and dominate the other. This can be seen in the immense power struggle between the two groups. Both groups appear to be equally uncooperative to ultimately agreeing on a solution and this stems from not trusting the other group to keep their promises. Both groups do not morally object to using power to get accomplish their goals.
Neither group has any power based on their position in an organization. They do not respect each others groups and therefore no legitimate power exists. Neither group seems to care about the others standing in their respective organizations. It might be argued that Israel might possess more power because the Untied States views their government as allies and that generates legitimate power with the U.S.
Both parties should view their goals as being interconnected because they must find a way to coexist. Unfortunately they take a different view and want to wipe each other off the map.
Israel clearly dominates in contextual power. They have a better chance of winning any war because of the good graces of the United States being both an ally and a supplier of arm. This gives them a better alternative to a negotiated agreement.
Both groups do prefer a two state option but they can't agree on where to draw the lines and they both fear non-compliance of the other party.
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