Ahmed Alnaouq and Muhammad Shehada unpack the key points of the Egyptian proposal endorsed by the Arab League at yesterday’s Cairo summit which was immediately rejected by Israel.
Exploring why Israel and the US were so quick to dismiss it, they look back at Israel's extensive history when it comes to rejecting Arab and Palestinian concessions for peace.
The Arab League demands Israel to end the occupation, give Palestinians less than 22% of their historic homeland, and in return Israel would gain normalisation with every Arab and Muslim country including Iran, Pakistan and other states with which it has traditionally maintained at best strained relationships.
The proposal aims not only to reconstruct Gaza and make it liveable again, but also offers an ambitious path towards unleashing Gaza's potential and creating a lasting peace in the region, says Muhammad.
But by rejecting this “extremely generous” Arab peace offer and turning down what is essentially yet another opportunity to “live and let live”, Muhammad says that, once again, Israel proves it is not interested in ending its regime of systematic oppression and domination of Palestinians.
Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.
Muhammad Shehada is a Palestinian political analyst and writer from Gaza.
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