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Hey remember when the Arab Leage demanded that Israel withdraw from the Golan, the Old City of Jerusalem, the West Bank & allow millions of Palestinians to turn Israel into Palestine in exchange for normal relations – and Very Smart People said this “offer” was an opportunity?
Here's @NitzanHorowitz in 2017: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is playing a leading role in promoting ['economic peace' with the Arab states]. There is just one small problem: no Arab actor has ever agreed to it." https://www.jpost.com/opinion/arab-peace-initiative-the-greatest-missed-opportunity-in-israels-history-488952
Just doing some googling here. @AbrahamCenter features the Arab Peace Initiative (which was neither an initiative nor a call for peace) in the resource section of its website and calls the API "a novel step towards peace and security." https://centerpeace.org/explore/arab-peace-initiative/
Here's @zvikakrieger (hope I'm tagging the right guy; it looks like he has a very cool job now) in the Atlantic in 2012. He called Israel's rejection of the ultimatum "a tremendous missed opportunity." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/lost-moments-the-arab-peace-initiative-10-years-later/255231/
Here's @MarwanMuasher, a regular at DC conferences. I heard him at Georgetown once. Nice guy. "While I do not believe the Egyptian-Israeli or Jordanian-Israeli peace treaties are in jeopardy, it will be impossible to forge new ones in the current context." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/the-death-of-the-arab-peace-initiative/248910/
Akiva Eldar https://www.haaretz.com/1.5143056
Analysis by @RaphaelAhren in 2013 covering what Israeli politicians were saying about the API https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-is-israel-so-afraid-of-the-arab-peace-initiative/
Bilal Y. Saab at the Atlantic Council: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/give-arab-peace-initiative-a-chance/
Yuval Benziman, professor of conflict resolution at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a taskteam member at @Mitvim https://www.jpost.com/opinion/peace-with-the-arab-world-without-the-palestinians-556524
Tweet from the Qatari foreign ministry in 2019 which I know feels like a long time ago https://twitter.com/MofaQatar_EN/status/1191722043491921927
In 2015, Roger Cohen spoke with Amos Oz, z"l, about peace. Oz had the right thought: “I have seen people change. They are not born again but they change, somewhat. In fact that is how I make a living, by observing and describing the way people change.” https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/opinion/a-time-for-traitors.html
Anyway, there's much more from editorial boards and think tanks and other NGOs, but that was some quick googling. If you see your work on this thread, your SEO is good. Peace be upon you.
