The Qur'an 17:104 - states the land belongs to the Jewish people
8 points for peace in Israel - Arab conflict
The salient question before any peace deal: Is there responsible Palestinian leadership courageous enough to make bold decisions toward a real peace, which is supported by a majority of the population?
The key points of any agreement must include:
1. End of conflict. 2. End of claims.
3. Recognition of Israel as the Jewish homeland.
4. Recognition that Israel is not occupying Arab land.
5. Recognition of the experience of Jewish, as well as Palestinian, refugees.
6. No cleansing of Jews from Palestinian territory, just as Israel does not advocate uprooting Arabs from Israel.
7. No reliance on outside enforcement.
8. Most importantly, serious educational effort must start immediately to promote peace, stop propaganda and dismantle terror infrastructure. Otherwise, what gets reinforced is the traditional teaching of Muhammad that permits deceiving the enemy in order to accumulate enough power to destroy them later, as he did to the tribe of the Quraish in Medina. This was one of Yasser Arafat’s favorite ways of explaining why he negotiated with Israel.
This will undoubtedly take a bit more time, but it is better to have a durable peace than a shaky interim pseudo-agreement.
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