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Israelis and Palestinians declare for peace10/16/2007 The declaration below was signed a while ago, but has not gotten the publicity it should have. In view of intensifying efforts to sabotage the peace negotiations (see Drowning out One Million Voices), anyone who cares about Israeli-Palestinian peace should help publicize the declaration. Without necessarily endorsing every single word of the recommended political solution, we can all understand that public support for peace progress is vital. It would be much better, if the declaration had said "Make peace for both peoples" without trying to specify the parameters. That is the idea of the One Million Voices initiative. We will never have peace until people people stop saying "we want peace -- but." Peace has to mean peace. It can't be a tactic to destroy your enemy, or a continuation of war by other means. Ami Isseroff
Message from Palestinian and Israeli Civil Society to the International The people of Palestine and Israel call upon President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to begin immediately intensified negotiations to conclude, by the end of 2008, a genuine peace agreement based upon: the Arab Peace Initiative and the previous agreements signed between the two sides; the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 242, 338 and 1397; a fair agreed-upon solution to the Palestinian refugees problem in consideration of General Assembly Resolution 194; the end of the Israeli occupation; the evacuation of all Jewish settlements from within the final borders of the State of Palestine; and a solution for Jerusalem based upon keeping it as one city but establishing it as the capital of the two states: Palestine and Israel. Such an agreement should have a timetable and a mechanism for implementation, and be conducive to the establishment of an Independent, sovereign Palestinian state within the borders of the 4th of June 1967, with limited mutually agreed-upon 1:1 swaps to meet the vital needs of the two states. This agreement should be implemented immediately and completed by the establishment of the Palestinian state no later than the end of 2009. And with its implementation, both sides will declare an end to the conflict, opening the door to a comprehensive peace settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict* In setting out to achieve this goal, we call upon the two leaders to work out a results-based implementation plan with clear benchmarks that will concretely reflect positive changes in the life of the Palestinian and Israeli people, and to provide peace, respect for human rights and security to the two peoples.
The Signatories alphabetically
Palestinian Signatures:
International Supporting Signatures:
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