Arab League Backs Israeli-Palestinian Land Swaps

[Solomon2]

Arab League Backs Israeli-Palestinian Land Swaps

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) arrives with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (2nd L) at a meeting with members of the Arab League at Blair House in Washington Apr. 29, 2013.
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VOA News
April 29, 2013

A senior Arab League delegation visiting Washington has expressed support for the principle of Israel and the Palestinians negotiating their future borders through land swaps.

After meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Blair House Monday, Qatar's prime minister said his delegation supports "comparable" and "minor" land swaps through mutual agreement by the two sides in the conflict.

The comment by Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani appears to represent a modification of the Arab League's decade-old initiative for peace with Israel. That initiative has called on Israel to withdraw from all land occupied in the 1967 Middle East War and return to its pre-1967 boundaries in return for a full peace with all Arab League members.

This latest Arab position also appears to reflect an endorsement of President Barack Obama's 2011 peace guidelines that called for Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate their borders on the basis of the 1967 lines with "mutually agreed swaps."

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeatedly has called on Israel to accept the 1967 lines as a basis for peace talks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a return to those lines would leave Israel with indefensible borders, and he has rejected setting any preconditions for talks. He also has declined to make any public comment about the idea of swapping parts of pre-1967 Israel in return for annexing major Jewish settlement blocs in the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians claim all of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip for a future state.

Vice President Joe Biden joined Kerry's meeting with the Arab League delegation, which included senior ministers from six Arab governments.

Biden's presence at the talks was aimed at showing the Arab ministers the importance the Obama administration places on the Arab peace initiative.

Israel had no immediate comment on the Arab League's new statement.

 

[Syrian Lion]

Arab League Backs Israeli-Palestinian Land Swaps


After meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Blair House Monday, Qatar's prime minister said his delegation supports "comparable" and "minor" land swaps through mutual agreement by the two sides in the conflict.

The comment by Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani appears to represent a modification of the Arab League's decade-old initiative for peace with Israel. That initiative has called on Israel to withdraw from all land occupied in the 1967 Middle East War and return to its pre-1967 boundaries in return for a full peace with all Arab League members.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeatedly has called on Israel to accept the 1967 lines as a basis for peace talks.

this traitor, gave up Palestine... and what's funny is that Hamas is waiting on Qatar to Liberate Palestine...
that traitor does not represent Arabs... he represent "Arabs" the ones which sold their dignity long time ago, and sold their Arabism in sake of pleasing their masters Israel and the west...

 

[Solomon2]

this traitor, gave up Palestine... and what's funny is that Hamas is waiting on Qatar to Liberate Palestine...

I see it as a "tactical" move to encourage/reward the Obama Administration for arming Syria's rebels. Once the Asad regime is gone, the League will easily find some excuse to reneg on this statement - your response suggests there will be plenty of support from other Arabs for him doing so.

 

[Falcon29]

The Arab League is useless and this just serves the Israelis. Land swaps pretty much is a fancy way of saying they will keep their settlers in the West Bank and keep our land occupied and isolated. **** off Arab league. You guys are a joke and this is another meaningless talk.

 

[Hussein]

The Arab League is useless and this just serves the Israelis. Land swaps pretty much is a fancy way of saying they will keep their settlers in the West Bank and keep our land occupied and isolated. **** off Arab league. You guys are a joke and this is another meaningless talk.

Arab League is made with your friends countries on this forum, by the way

 

[Doritos11]

Arab league had 2 main fronts

GCC friends of the west and some other monarchies ( Morocco, Jordan .. )
Muammar & Saddam criticizing it

Now those 2 are dead, 1 front is left.

 

[Falcon29]

Arab League is made with your friends countries on this forum, by the way

I know what the Arab league is. And I made my point. That doesn't mean I hate Arabic countries.

 

[Controlled Pair]

Palestinains occupy Jewish land. Stolen for over 100 years.

This needs to be addressed.

 

[Hussein]

Palestinains occupy Jewish land. Stolen for over 100 years.

This needs to be addressed.

but they were living there for a long time so at least living in peace and respect is a must.

anyway we should stop say in the past we had this or that... there are uNO borders and should be respected.
so this stops any border conflict. and instead of borders in a global world, learn to live together.

And Israel is part of the region. Israel should think being part of the region not an Island.

 

[Controlled Pair]

but they were living there for a long time so at least living in peace and respect is a must.

anyway we should stop say in the past we had this or that... there are uNO borders and should be respected.
so this stops any border conflict. and instead of borders in a global world, learn to live together.

And Israel is part of the region. Israel should think being part of the region not an Island.

Yes, very convenient for the Arab/Islamic bloc at the UN to recognise certain borders and ignore others.

Very convenient to say that so-called 'settlers' all have to be removed, but Arabs can live in Israel.

You'll excuse me if I don't agree with the blinkered views of a Mullah's child, bro..yeah?

Arabs go on about pre-1948 all the time, now suddenly when Jews show the injustice against them - you say we shouldn't look to the past.

 

[Hussein]

Yes, very convenient for the Arab/Islamic bloc at the UN to recognise certain borders and ignore others.

Very convenient to say that so-called 'settlers' all have to be removed, but Arabs can live in Israel.

No i mean all borders.
Arabs can live in Israel it is good but we didn't speak about this here ... i am just shocked that you use the words of domination.

You'll excuse me if I don't agree with the blinkered views of a Mullah's child, bro..yeah?

Nope. My father was killed during the war. no need to show disrespect .

Arabs go on about pre-1948 all the time, now suddenly when Jews show the injustice against them - you say we shouldn't look to the past.

did i say about pre 1948? you know yourself many Arabs say something else
and talks are pre 1967 not pre 1948
but i understand as said an Israeli friend, now it is too hard to kick the colons from places ... it needs a very courageous government in Israel. and is it possible?

no need to insult me and use the same methods than royalists:
either you are 100% saying the same words expected from them or you are a government agent.
we have enough people thinking like this in Iran. i expect you to be little smarter . thanks

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

I see it as a "tactical" move to encourage/reward the Obama Administration for arming Syria's rebels. Once the Asad regime is gone, the League will easily find some excuse to reneg on this statement - your response suggests there will be plenty of support from other Arabs for him doing so.

It doesn't have to be carried out that way. The Americans never supplied the Syrian FSA with weapons at all ,while the GCC did. Neither the AL or their counterparts are interested in getting involve in the Israeli-Palestinian issue anyway ,at least for the e time being.

 

[Controlled Pair]

Arabs can live in Israel it is good but we didn't speak about this here ... i am just shocked that you use the words of domination.

Yes, Arabs live in Israel but Jews can't live on so-called 'palestine'.

Racism? apartheid?

did i say about pre 1948? you know yourself many Arabs say something else
and talks are pre 1967 not pre 1948

You're either blind, or deliberately being so.

Everyone knows what the Arabs say to their own people is different to what they internationally.

One day they talk of peace based on 67 borders - the next they're at a rally for their people calling Tel-Aviv "occupied Palestine"

Listen pal, no none knows the Arabs more than the Jews. Iranians don't know Arabs like we do.

We know their goals and they know we know. Everyone pretends to the west that there is a solution on 67 borders. Israel knows 67 borders bring war closer, not further.

The Arabs need to understand that their sick war of terrorist attrition will not prevail.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Israelis

 

[ResurgentIran]

The settlers have been agressively expanding, there is not much room left in the West Bank to form a Palestinian state. Look at the map. Tiny Palestinian dots scattered throughout the map.
Unless the settlers withdraw, but I think we all know the "peace" process have always been a theatre show.