The Geneva Accord - Draft Permanent Status Agreement
Source: The following is the text of the Geneva
Accord, obtained exclusively by Haaretz. (Annex X
referred to in the document is yet to be completed)
Preamble
The State of Israel (hereinafter "Israel")
and the Palestine Liberation Organization (hereinafter
"PLO"), the representative of the Palestinian
people (hereinafter the "Parties"):
Reaffirming their determination to put an end to
decades of confrontation and conflict, and to live
in peaceful coexistence, mutual dignity and security
based on a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace
and achieving historic reconciliation;
Recognizing that peace requires the transition from
the logic of war and confrontation to the logic of
peace and cooperation, and that acts and words characteristic
of the state of war are neither appropriate nor acceptable
in the era of peace;
Affirming their deep belief that the logic of peace
requires compromise, and that the only viable solution
is a two-state solution based on UNSC Resolution 242
and 338;
Affirming that this agreement marks the recognition
of the right of the Jewish people to statehood and
the recognition of the right of the Palestinian people
to statehood, without prejudice to the equal rights
of the Parties' respective citizens;
Recognizing that after years of living in mutual
fear and insecurity, both peoples need to enter an
era of peace, security and stability, entailing all
necessary actions by the parties to guarantee the
realization of this era;
Recognizing each other's right to peaceful and secure
existence within secure and recognized boundaries
free from threats or acts of force;
Determined to establish relations based on cooperation
and the commitment to live side by side as good neighbors
aiming both separately and jointly to contribute to
the well-being of their peoples;
Reaffirming their obligation to conduct themselves
in conformity with the norms of international law
and the Charter of the United Nations;
Confirming that this Agreement is concluded within
the framework of the Middle East peace process initiated
in Madrid in October 1991, the Declaration of Principles
of September 13, 1993, the subsequent agreements including
the Interim Agreement of September 1995, the Wye River
Memorandum of October 1998 and the Sharm El-Sheikh
Memorandum of September 4, 1999, and the permanent
status negotiations including the Camp David Summit
of July 2000, the Clinton Ideas of December 2000,
and the Taba Negotiations of January 2001;
Reiterating their commitment to United Nations Security
Council Resolutions 242, 338 and 1397 and confirming
their understanding that this Agreement is based on,
will lead to, and - by its fulfillment - will constitute
the full implementation of these resolutions and to
the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
in all its aspects;
Declaring that this Agreement constitutes the realization
of the permanent status peace component envisaged
in President Bush's speech of June 24, 2002 and in
the Quartet Roadmap process;
Declaring that this Agreement marks the historic
reconciliation between the Palestinians and Israelis,
and paves the way to reconciliation between the Arab
World and Israel and the establishment of normal,
peaceful relations between the Arab states and Israel
in accordance with the relevant clauses of the Beirut
Arab League Resolution of March 28, 2002; and
Resolved to pursue the goal of attaining a comprehensive
regional peace, thus contributing to stability, security,
development and prosperity throughout the region;
Have agreed on the following:
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