Ra’am chair Mansour Abbas presents to President Isaac Herzog his “Bridges of Reconciliation and Peace Initiative” for ending the war in Gaza and securing the release of all remaining hostages.
“This is the way to end the conflict and stop the bloodshed between the two peoples,” Abbas tweets after his meeting at the President’s Residence.
“This is a realistic, value-based path of mutual recognition of each side’s rights to self-determination, to live in security and peace in partnership and tolerance and with regional peace, together with bilateral Israeli-Palestinian peace and reconciliation,” adds the chair of the Islamist faction, which has long sought to build bridges between Jewish and Arab societies.
Abbas does not go into further detail about the plan, but earlier this month, he called on Arab leaders to adopt it ahead of their summit in Cairo where they adopted Egypt’s plan for the post-war management of Gaza. He has also presented the plan — which is based on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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