Netanyahu pressed to accept new Arab peace offer
May 2, 2013 5:58:08 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on May 2, 2013 5:58:08 GMT -5
PROPHECY WATCH: Netanyahu pressed to accept new Arab peace offer
Members of the opposition and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s own coalition are pressing the Israeli leader to accept a new Arab peace proposal as a basis for renewed negotiations with the Palestinians. On Monday, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani referenced the Saudi-authored Arab League Peace Initiative while visiting Washington. However, Al Thani seemed to suggest a softening of the proposal’s conditions, stating that the Arabs were ready to accept comparable, mutually agreed and minor land swaps between Israel and a future Palestinian state. This removes one of the main obstacles to Israel’s accepting the initiative when it was first introduced in 2002. The other obstacle, the demand that Israel open its borders to millions of so-called “Palestinian refugees,” remains. Nevertheless, Israeli officials hailed Al Thani’s remarks as an opportunity for peace. ”It is very important that they have reiterated their support for the two-state solution,” said President Shimon Peres as he visited Pope Francis I at the Vatican.
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Members of the opposition and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s own coalition are pressing the Israeli leader to accept a new Arab peace proposal as a basis for renewed negotiations with the Palestinians. On Monday, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani referenced the Saudi-authored Arab League Peace Initiative while visiting Washington. However, Al Thani seemed to suggest a softening of the proposal’s conditions, stating that the Arabs were ready to accept comparable, mutually agreed and minor land swaps between Israel and a future Palestinian state. This removes one of the main obstacles to Israel’s accepting the initiative when it was first introduced in 2002. The other obstacle, the demand that Israel open its borders to millions of so-called “Palestinian refugees,” remains. Nevertheless, Israeli officials hailed Al Thani’s remarks as an opportunity for peace. ”It is very important that they have reiterated their support for the two-state solution,” said President Shimon Peres as he visited Pope Francis I at the Vatican.
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