Palestinians Launch Rights-based Plan for Gaza Ceasefire and End to Occupation.
A new initiative assembled by Palestinians, under the auspices of the Cambridge Initiative for Peace Settlements, proposes an alternative vision to Trump’s Gaza plan – one based on human rights, Palestinian self-determination and an end to the occupation. The paper lays out “a pragmatic, rights-based plan for both a permanent ceasefire in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel and for the temporary transition period until a just, durable, and comprehensive settlement is reached to end the occupation and resolve all outstanding issues between Palestinians and Israelis.”
The paper recommends terms and mechanisms for Palestinian national reconciliation and political renewal to enable effective Palestinian governance, as well as a principled approach for facilitating humanitarian relief, early recovery, and reconstruction in Gaza.
The working paper titled, “A Palestinian Armistice Plan: Charting a Rights-Based Transition for Palestinian-Israeli Peace” puts forward a ten-point plan and recommends terms and mechanisms for Palestinian national reconciliation and political renewal to enable effective Palestinian governance, as well as a principled approach for facilitating humanitarian relief, early recovery, and reconstruction in Gaza.
The proposal’s Palestinian authors are:
Zaha Hassan, a human rights lawyer and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Jamal Nusseibeh, a former Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and co-author of the Palestinian Armistice.
Wesam Amer, visiting professor and CARA (Council for At-Risk Academics) fellow at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, as well as dean of the Faculty of Communication and Languages at Gaza University in Palestine.
The authors have built on principles of international law, as well as the Arab Plan [AR], endorsed by the Arab League, European Council and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and the Beijing Declaration, reconciling Palestinian factions. The proposal foresees an interim (armistice) phase, rather than permanent peace. It calls for Palestinian reconciliation with a more-inclusive Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), reflecting the priority of Palestinians across the political spectrum. The authors have pointed out that, as realistic interim ‘armistice’ scenario, it does not prejudice the outcome of longer-term processes toward competing one-state and two-state solutions.
The Palestinian Armistice plan contrasts with the numerous technical and partial day-after designs on Gaza, including the most-recent Trump-Netanyahu 20-point surrender plan, which presuppose stable outcomes without the necessary groundwork toward comprehensive remedy, including Palestinians themselves. It also calls for Palestinian leadership to do what is incumbent upon them to do.
Watch the full podcast in conversation with the Palestinian Armistice Plan’s authors (YouTube / Spotify).
Watch “A Palestinian Vision for Palestine: An Alternative to Trump`s Gaza Plan” on YouTube.
Download A Palestinian Armistice Plan: Charting a Rights-Based Transition for Palestinian-Israeli Peace.
Image on front page: Unbreaking heart-shaped Palestinian flag. Source: Shutterstock. Photo on this page: Palestinian representatives, accompanied by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, attend the closing ceremony of a reconciliation dialogue in Beijing, 23 July 2024. Source: Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan.
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| • Accompanying social processes • Coordination • Indigenous peoples • International • National • People under occupation • Public policies |
