PALESTINE: CHARTING A PEACEFUL COURSE In Light of Quranic Guidance

The realistic solution to the Palestine problem is for the Arabs to abandon all kinds of violent activism. This is the first prerequisite. Trying to find a solution without fulfilling this condition is to travel in an imaginary world—on a journey that will never reach its destination. So far as Israel is concerned, it will have to give the Palestinian Arabs (residing in Palestine) the same rights as other residents enjoy under the constitution. If both these points are accepted in principle, a practical settlement can be reached through peaceful negotiation. By accepting this proposal, the prevalent deadlock would instantly be broken, and the Arabs would see before them a golden opportunity to begin their journey on the highway of progress by availing the opportunities available to them once peace is established in the region.