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The Jewish Peace Lobby considers some of the following texts and documents
as essential in understanding the potential for reaching a final-status
settlement between Israel and the Palestinians in the current political
climate: 1.) ANALYSIS & PROPOSALS
US Must Take New Role in
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Former Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami writes that a peace agreement
freely reached between Israelis & Palestinians themselves is simply out of
the question. America, therefore, needs to move beyond its traditional
role as a sponsor and mediator for bilateral negotiations. The US must
develop its own detailed proposal and then vigorously encourage the
parties to accept and implement such an agreement.
Middle East Endgame
- The International Crisis Group (ICG) simultaneously
released three major reports
calling on the U.S. to
lead the ‘Quartet’ (U.S., EU, Russia and UN) in presenting and pushing a comprehensive peace
initiative to achieve once and for all, a fair and durable peace between
Israel and its Arab neighbours. Robert Malley, who was Special Assistant
to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs on the National Security
Council, now serves as Middle East Program Director at ICG.
Give Us An Alternative
- Menachem Klein, an adviser to former
Prime Minister Ehud Barak, asks what can western
governments that value peace do in the current situation? Present an
alternative to Israelis and Palestinians! They can tell the two peoples
and leaderships: these are our principles for a settlement. Both peoples
need a clear alternative that has broad international support.
Bush's Mideast Opportunity
- Former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami analyzes the potential
for moving forward in the current situation. He believes that only
the international community under assertive and resolute American
leadership can get Israelis and Palestinians to reach a final-status peace
settlement.
Externally Directed
Permanent Separation
- In the winter of 2002 the Jewish Peace Lobby began promoting a new plan
for ending the territorial dimension of the conflict through intervention
of outside powers led by the United States. The initiative
was drafted by Jerome Segal and published in both the United States and
Israel.
2.) TEXTS & DOCUMENTS
The Clinton Parameters
- On 23 December 2000 President Clinton gathered the Israeli and
Palestinian negotiators at the White House and presented his proposals for
a final-status settlement. These ideas on Israeli-Palestinian Peace
are known as the Clinton Parameters.
The Moratinos Document
- This non-paper was prepared by the European Union Specal Representative
to the Middle East Peace Process, Ambassador Miguel Moratinos.
Although the paper has no official status, it has been acknowledged by the
parties as a fair description of the negotiations on the permanent status
issues at the Taba during January 2001.
The Arab Peace Initiative
- In the Winter of 2002 Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia began
promoting a Arab Peace Plan that became known as the Arab Peace Initiative.
It was formally issued on 28 March 2002 as the Arab League Beirut
Declaration.
The Palestinian Peace
Initiative
- On 12 June 2002 Nabil Shaath, the Palestinian Minister of Planning and
Cooperation and senior adviser to Yasser Arafat, presented the Bush
Administration with the Palestinian vision for the outcome of permanent
status negotiations.
The Palestinian Declaration of Independence
- On 15 November 1988, at the 19th PNC meetings at Algiers
the PLO unilaterally proclaimed the establishment of an independent state
called the state of Palestine. The chief drafter of the document was Mahmoud Darwish.
In this historic document the PLO reversed its position on UNGA resolution 181,
and accepted the two-state solution. It remains one of the clearest statements
regarding the nature and character of the Palestinian state and holds particular
importance in terms of its Abrahamic attitude towards co-existence with the Jewish
people.
For an analysis by JPL's President Jerome Segal on the
importance of the potential importance of the document please read - "The Missed Opportunity".
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