Fouad Siniora was prime minister of Lebanon from 2005 to 2009 and served in the Lebanese parliament from 2009 to 2018. Basem Shabb served in the Lebanese parliament from 2005 to 2018.
The eventual end of the war in Gaza can be a catalyst for a comprehensive peace with the Arab world based on a two-state solution. The opportunity for a meaningful and broad peace is real and should not be obscured by the fog of war, and discussions about the future must not be restricted to the future of Gaza. The Arab world has been ready to make peace since it proposed the Arab Peace Initiative in Beirut in 2002. This commitment is still very much alive today. Israel should embrace this opportunity and, in doing so, usher in a new era in the Middle East.
