By: Geneva Initiative

05.07.09

Geneva Initiative Press Release
Sunday, July 05, 2009

Further to PM Netanyahu’s statements in this morning’s weekly cabinet meeting, the Geneva Initiative calls PM Netanyahu to immediately begin negotiations with President Abbas based on the Geneva Initiative

In this morning’s cabinet meeting PM Netanyahu listed the achievements of his administration so far, saying that the first of these is the achievement of a wide national consensus on the idea of two states for two peoples.

The Geneva Initiative indeed agrees that there is a wide national consensus on the idea of two states for two peoples and calls PM Netanyahu to join this consensus and immediately embark upon negotiations to this end with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas based on the principles outlined in the Geneva Accord.

All the terms mentioned by PM Netanyahu including the recognition of Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people; the resolving of the Palestinian refugees issue without “the right of return”, a non-militarized Palestinian state and the end of the conflict – appear in the Geneva Accord, the principles of which are supported by the majority of Israelis and Palestinians alike.