The Arab Peace Initiative, 2002

The Arab League summit conference in Beirut, 2002, adopted a Saudi-inspired peace plan.
This abandoned the "Three No's" of the Khartoum Resolutions.
It called on the Israelis

  • to end the occupation and return to the 1967 Green Line
  • to accept a "just solution" for the Palestinian refugees (without an unconditional Right of Return)
  • to accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with its capital in East Jerusalem

In return the Arab States would

  • sign a peace agreement with Israel
  • establish normal relations with Israel

The plan was reaffirmed at the Riyadh Summit in 2007. It is supported by a majority of Palestinians and by a sizeable minority of Israelis. In 2013 the Arab League agreed to adjust the 1967 borders with "comparable and mutually agreed minor swaps of land". If Israel declares its support for the Initiative, it may gain diplomatic relations with the 22 members of the Arab League, and the prospect of normal ties with all 57 Muslim countries that have endorsed the Initiative.
See the Oslo Accords, the Geneva Initiative, proposals for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, the Road Map and Commanders for Israel's Security.

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