As I said earlier, do you really think the other Arab
nations will still recognise Israel or even have a truce with
Israel even if the Jewish state moves back to the pre-1967 borders?
The answer is no.
Official translation of the full text of a
Saudi-inspired peace plan adopted by the Arab summit in Beirut,
2002.
The Arab Peace Initiative
The Council of Arab States at the Summit Level at its
14th Ordinary Session,
Reaffirming the resolution taken in June 1996 at the
Cairo Extra-Ordinary Arab Summit that a just and comprehensive
peace in the Middle East is the strategic option of the Arab
countries, to be achieved in accordance with international
legality, and which would require a comparable commitment on the
part of the Israeli government,
Having listened to the statement made by his royal
highness Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, crown prince of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in which his highness presented his
initiative calling for full Israeli withdrawal from all the Arab
territories occupied since June 1967, in implementation of Security
Council Resolutions 242 and 338, reaffirmed by the Madrid
Conference of 1991 and the land-for-peace principle, and Israel's
acceptance of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem
as its capital, in return for the establishment of normal relations
in the context of a comprehensive peace with Israel,
Emanating from the conviction of the Arab countries
that a military solution to the conflict will not achieve peace or
provide security for the parties, the council:
1. Requests Israel to reconsider its policies and
declare that a just peace is its strategic option as well.
2. Further calls upon Israel to affirm:
I- Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories
occupied since 1967, including the Syrian Golan Heights, to the
June 4, 1967 lines as well as the remaining occupied Lebanese
territories in the south of Lebanon.
II- Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian
refugee problem to be agreed upon in accordance with U.N. General
Assembly Resolution 194.
III- The acceptance of the establishment of a sovereign
independent Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories
occupied since June 4, 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with
East Jerusalem as its capital.
3. Consequently, the Arab countries affirm the
following:
I- Consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, and enter
into a peace agreement with Israel, and provide security for all
the states of the region.
II- Establish normal relations with Israel in the
context of this comprehensive peace.
4. Assures the rejection of all forms of Palestinian
patriation which conflict with the special circumstances of the
Arab host countries.
5. Calls upon the government of Israel and all Israelis
to accept this initiative in order to safeguard the prospects for
peace and stop the further shedding of blood, enabling the Arab
countries and Israel to live in peace and good neighbourliness and
provide future generations with security, stability and
prosperity.
6. Invites the international community and all
countries and organisations to support this initiative.
7. Requests the chairman of the summit to form a
special committee composed of some of its concerned member states
and the secretary general of the League of Arab States to pursue
the necessary contacts to gain support for this initiative at all
levels, particularly from the United Nations, the Security Council,
the United States of America, the Russian Federation, the Muslim
states and the European Union.
For purposes of comparison, the following is an
earlier draft discussed by Arab foreign ministers on 25 March,
2002, in advance of the summit:
The Council of the Arab League, which convenes at the
level of a summit on March 27-28, 2002 in Beirut, affirms the Arab
position that achieving just and comprehensive peace is a strategic
choice and goal for the Arab states.
After the Council heard the statement of Crown Prince
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in which he called for the establishment of
normal relations in the context of a comprehensive peace with
Israel, and that Israel declares its readiness to withdraw from the
occupied Arab territories in compliance with United Nations
resolutions 242 and 338 and Security Council resolution 1397,
enhanced by the Madrid conference and the land-for-peace principle,
and the acceptance of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state
with al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital, the Council calls on the
Israeli government to review its policy and to resort to peace
while declaring that just peace is its strategic option.
The Council also calls on Israel to assert the
following:
Complete withdrawal from the Arab territories occupied
since 1967, including full withdrawal from the occupied Syrian
Golan Heights and the remaining occupied parts of south Lebanon to
the June 4, 1967 lines.
To accept to find an agreed, just solution to the
problem of Palestinian refugees in conformity with Resolution
194.
To accept an independent and sovereign Palestinian
state on the Palestinian lands occupied since June 4, 1967 in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip and with Jerusalem (al-Quds al-Sharif) as
its capital in accordance with Security Council Resolution
1397.
In return, the Arab states assert the following:
To
consider the Arab-Israeli conflict over and to enter into a peace
treaty with Israel to consolidate this.
To achieve comprehensive peace for all
the states of the region.
To establish normal relations
within the context of comprehensive peace with
Israel.
The Council calls on the Israeli government and the
Israelis as a whole to accept this initiative to protect the
prospects of peace and to spare bloodshed so as to enable the Arab
states and Israel to coexist side by side and to provide for the
coming generations a secure, stable and prosperous
future.
It calls on the international community with all its
organisations and states to support the initiative.
The Council calls on its presidency, its secretary
general and its follow-up committee to follow up on the special
contacts related to this initiative and to support it on all
levels, including the United Nations, the United States, Russia,
the European Union and the Security Council.
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