Informed sources revealed to "Arabi Post" that Algeria is on its way to announcing its withdrawal from the Arab Peace Initiative, which was presented by the Arab League in 2002 with a Saudi proposal based on land for peace.

According to the same source, Algeria has come to the conclusion that Israel does not believe in the two-state solution, especially after its attempt to displace the people of Gaza to Egypt to liquidate the Palestinian cause.

According to the information obtained by “Arabi Post”, Algeria no longer sees the benefit of the Arab initiative, which stipulates the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The same source added that Tunisia may take the same decision in coordination with its neighbor Algeria, and other Arab countries may join in what looks like a collective withdrawal from the initiative, in response to the genocide being committed against the Palestinians in Gaza in front of the world.

Algeria's withdrawal from the peace initiative

An informed source told “Arabi Post” that Algeria refused to participate in the summit hosted by Egypt, on Saturday, October 21, in the New Administrative Capital, in the presence of 30 countries and regional international organizations.

Algeria, according to the same sources, refused to attend this summit, which aimed to prevent the displacement of Palestinians, stop the war, and revive the two-state solution project, in line with the decision it is preparing to announce soon, which is to withdraw from the Arab Peace Initiative.

Previously, Algeria had opposed and had reservations about issuing the recent Arab League resolution, and issued a statement in which it said it had reservations about what was stated in it as it equated the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas with the state of the Zionist entity.

Normalization increased her conviction

The wave of Arab normalization has increased Algeria's conviction that the Arab Peace Initiative is outdated, and most Arab countries are no longer committed to it except in their speeches, since, according to the initiative, normalization will be automatic once the State of Palestine is established on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and is recognized by Israel.

But Algeria believes, according to informed sources, that what is happening today is normalization without the Palestinians obtaining their rights. Which means gradually liquidating the Palestinian issue.

Algeria has repeatedly expressed its rejection of Arab normalization with Israel apart from the Arab initiative, describing what is happening as rushing towards Israel. This caused tension in its relations with the normalized Arab countries, especially the United Arab Emirates.

What is the Arab Peace Initiative?

The Arab Peace Initiative was presented by the late Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz when he was Crown Prince, at the “Beirut Summit” in 2002, and aims to establish a Palestinian state, the return of refugees, and withdrawal from the Golan Heights, in exchange for peace with Israel.

Based on the Arab countries’ conviction that the military solution to the conflict did not achieve peace or security for any of the parties, the League Council asked Israel to reconsider its policies and lean towards peace, declaring that a just peace is its strategic choice, according to the “text of the initiative.”

The initiative called on Israel to "completely withdraw from the occupied Arab territories, including the Syrian Golan up to the line of June 4, 1967, and the territories still occupied in southern Lebanon."

The Arab Peace Initiative, which was signed in Saudi Arabia, called for reaching a “just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem” agreed upon in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution No. 194.

It also called for accepting the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied since June 4, 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

If Israel responds to these demands, the Arab countries will consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, and will enter into a peace agreement between them and Israel, while achieving security for all countries in the region, according to what was stated in the text of the initiative.

The Arab countries "establish normal relations with Israel" within the framework of this comprehensive peace, as well as ensure the rejection of all forms of Palestinian settlement in the host Arab countries.

The League said at the conclusion of the Arab Peace Initiative that this “enables the Arab countries and Israel to live in peace side by side, and provides future generations with a secure, prosperous and stable future.”

Source: Arabic Post