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Israel-Palestine: breaking the status quo7 March / 19:00 / Alhambra / Co-presented with JCall and the FDFA In collaboration with the Manifesto for a just and durable peace in the Middle East.
The status quo suits those who refuse a just and lasting peace between two states - Palestine and Israel - living side by side within the framework of the 1967 borders. Above all, it favors those who refuse any kind of compromise or limit to their objectives. When one always advocates the same thing, negotiated solutions become increasingly unattainable.
The guiding principle for the present Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which continues to pursue the dream of the "Greater Israel", is: always more colonies, more occupation and more territories. The procedure to follow for Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip and doesn't recognize the State of Israel, is: more and more arms and rockets to liberate Palestine. Until now, both sides have dug in their heels and stuck to their lines. Any possibilities of a solution have thus melted like snow. How to break the impasse? How to achieve peace after more than 20 years of negotiations - that have come to practically nothing?
Initiatives do exist. They include: Palestine's request to the UN to be recognized as a legitimate state; more spectacular still, Palestine's admission to UNESCO as a member state. The relaunch of the Geneva agreements engineered by Swiss Foreign Affairs Minister Micheline Calmy Rey, the Palestinian Yasser Abed Rabbo and the Israeli Yossi Beilin. And also, JCall's European Jewish Call for Reason that allows Diaspora Jews to seriously criticize the present Israeli government's policy. Other elements could also influence the course of events, for example: The events of the "Arab Spring" and their collateral effects on the region or the reconciliation between the members of Fatah and Hamas. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas must decide whether or not he will be a candidate for a second term. Will these elements help to end the inertia and resolve the longest-lasting conflict in today's world?
Léo Kaneman |
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