A conference for peace organized in Jerusalem presents a plan based on a two -state solution
Thousands of people gathered on Friday in Jerusalem for a conference in favor of peace. The event, which took place at the International Conventions Center, was organized by a coalition of around 60 local organizations working for a political resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On this occasion, the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehoud Olmert and the former head of Palestinian diplomacy Nasser Al-Kidwa presented their peace plan, unveiled for the first time last year.
“Only a solution to two states can allow a radical change for our country and the whole region”said Olmert, centrist predecessor of the current Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. “You have to end the war and withdraw from Gaza. Gaza is Palestinian (…) and must be part of a Palestinian state ”he pleaded.
He called for the implementation of a “Internal security force” falling under the Palestinian authority, with “Objective powers (…) To rebuild the Gaza Strip without participation ” Hamas.
Nasser Al-Kidwa, nephew of the ex-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was expressed, by videoconference of the occupied West Bank. He confirmed that their peace proposal was based on a solution to two states, including an exchange of 4.4 % of territory between Israel and a future Palestinian State.
According to the plan unveiled last year, Israel annexed the main Jewish colonies to the West Bank, including certain areas around Jerusalem. In return, an Israeli territory of equivalent area would be sold to a future Palestinian state, they said. Their vision of a solution to two states is based on the borders of Israel of June 4, 1967, before the occupation of the West Bank.
The Olmet-Kidwa plan also advocates shared sovereignty over the old town of Jerusalem, with a guardianship of which Israel and a Palestinian State would be part.
