Strasbourg, 04/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - “We, Arabs, now want to put forward an Arab peace initiative, which has, in fact, become a Muslim peace initiative.” That was the message delivered by President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas at the European Parliament on Wednesday 4 February.
He went on to set out the Muslim world's offer: “The territories in return for peace”, with 57 Muslim countries ready to normalise relations with Israel if it ends its occupation. “This is...