Tell the Administration: Put forward a US framework

Tell Secretary Kerry you support continued US engagement, and ask him to take the next step by putting a US framework for resolving the outstanding core issues on the table. A US framework would lay down a marker for the renewal of substantive negotiations and provide a concrete plan around which Israelis, Palestinians and Americans can organize. Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict depends on bold US leadership.

Dear President Obama:

We commend you on your tireless efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. With your efforts apparently stymied by the unwillingness of the parties to make the tough compromises necessary to move forward, we urge you to put forward a US framework for resolving the core issues of the conflict and to ask the parties to continue negotiations to finalize an agreement based on those principles.



As you have said, the basic outline of an agreement has been known for years. So let's put it in writing and provide the sides with a frame of reference that will test their willingness to make peace. This framework should include:



1. Borders based on pre-1967 lines with limited, agreed-upon land swaps of equivalent size and quality.



2. Robust security provisions and guarantees from the parties, as well as international partners including the United States.

3. Compensation to Israeli settlers who relocate to within the future border of Israel to make peace possible.



4. Options for Palestinian refugees including settlement in the future state of Palestine or third countries, compensation and a symbolic level of family reunification in Israel itself.



5. Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and Palestinian neighborhoods as the capital of the future state of Palestine. Holy sites would be protected under international law and accessible to all.



6. 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.

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