Israeli Generals Call for King Abdullah Peace Plan

In late October, a group of 106 retired Israeli generals, former Mossad and Shin Bet chiefs issued an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for a resumption of the peace talks with the Palestinians, based on the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative of then-Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah, now the King of Saudi Arabia. That Arab Peace Initiative was subsequently endorsed by the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).


The Open Letter to Netanyahu read, in part:
“We, the undersigned, reserve IDF commanders and retired police officers, who have fought in Israel’s military campaigns, know first-hand of the heavy and painful price exacted by wars.
“We fought bravely for the country in the hope that our children would live here in peace, but we got a sharp reality check, and here we are again sending our children out onto the battlefield, watching them don their uniforms and combat vests and go out to fight in Operation Protective Edge…
“We are in the midst of the memorial days marking the fallen of the Yom Kippur War, a war that stemmed from the political blindness of the Israeli leadership. We are concerned that similar blindness will thwart the opportunity before us. Therefore we call on you to adopt the political-regional approach and begin negotiations with moderate Arab states and with the Palestinians (in the West Bank and in Gaza, too) based on the Saudi-Arab Peace Initiative, as proposed to Israel by the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi at the recent international conference in Cairo, and Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal last July.
“This is not a question of left or right. What we have here is an alternative option for resolving the conflict that is not based solely on bilateral negotiations with the Palestinians, which have failed time and again… We expect a show of courageous initiative and leadership from you. Lead—and we stand behind you.”

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