Arab peace initiative

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The Arab Peace Initiative ( English Arab Peace Initiative , API; Arabic مبادرة السلام العربي, DMG mubādarat as-salām al-ʿarabī ) from 2002 is considered an important initiative for peace in the Middle East . It is seen as a departure from the "three nos" of the Khartoum resolution of 1967 ("No to recognition of Israel. No to negotiations with Israel . No to peace with Israel").

history

The initiative for peace was adopted in March 2002 by the Arab League at the instigation of the Saudi Crown Prince and later King Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz , as well as in June 2002 by all 57 members of the Islamic Conference , including Iran. In March 2007 this declaration was confirmed again at the summit conference of the Arab League in Riyadh.

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The initiative includes the offer to normalize relations between Israel and the Islamic states as well as the recognition of Israel. In return, Israel is demanding the withdrawal from all territories occupied in 1967 and the recognition of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The declaration also calls for a just solution to the refugee issue in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution 194 . On April 29, 2013, the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, put the initiative back on the international agenda. At a joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, he said that the Arab League insisted that Israel withdraw beyond the borders that existed until the Six Day War of 1967 ; but she is ready to accept that a minor exchange of territory will take place on an amicable basis.

acceptance

The peace plan met with overwhelming rejection on the Israeli side. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected the peace initiative as a basis for peace discussions on the grounds that it would be an "Arab plot" to put Israel under international pressure. Particularly on the Palestinian refugee issue and the withdrawal to the borders of before the Six-Day War, Israeli politicians signaled that they would not compromise. The US President Barack Obama pledged his support for the Arab Peace Initiative.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Federal Agency for Civic Education : Significance and Change of the Arab Peace Initiative
  2. ^ Arab leaders relaunch peace plan . news.bbc.co.uk , March 28, 2007, accessed July 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Arab League - Peace Initiative. November 13, 2012, archived from the original on February 13, 2013 ; accessed on September 1, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Michael Mertes, Hans Maria Heyn, Jörg Knocha, "The new relevance of the Arab Peace Initiative" in: KAS country report, June 3, 2013, http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_34582-1522-1- 30.pdf? 130603153432
  5. ↑ a b Haaretz : Livni: Israel cannot accept Arab peace initiative in current form
  6. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1547036/Israel-rejects-Arab-peace-initiative.html#
  7. ↑ a b Gil Hoffman: Sharon warns Saudi plan may be Arab plot. In: The Jerusalem Post. March 4, 2002, archived from the original on February 3, 2004 ; accessed on January 6, 2015 .
  8. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/us-envoy-arab-peace-initiative-will-be-part-of-obama-policy-1.273534