Kadima supports Arab Peace Initiative?

Kadima's Avi Dichter, via The Pulse, here

"....The real question today is whether this initiative is the solution for which Israel yearns or is it merely a Band-Aid, equipped with good intentions but not the remedy necessary to resolve the conflict in the long run....

The two-state solution is the "least of all evils." Any other alternative would be disastrous, whether it be "one state for two nations" with a large Arab population of 45 percent, or the current de facto reality of "three states for two nations," with the Gaza Strip run by a terrorist organization equipped with military capabilities - Hamas...

A regional approach, rather than a bilateral one, might be exactly what we need to successfully proceed. A window of opportunity might now be open, and not just due to Obama's Cairo address. The Arab peace initiative, only recently ratified, has gained in momentum and is receiving more and more recognition, mainly due to the nuclear threat from Iran. There is an Arabic proverb which reads, "My brother and I together against my cousin, and my cousin and I together against the stranger." Now however, Arab leaders understand that their "cousin" (Iran) poses more of a threat to regional security than the "stranger" (Israel).

Moderate Arab nations are also aware of PA instability and that Gaza is an Iranian hub in a sensitive area of the Middle East, similar to its Lebanese stronghold, where Iran alone controls the timing for when the country will fall to Hizbullah, whether through democratic means at a time later than previously predicted, or through a "coup" similar to that which Hamas pulled off in Gaza.

The Arab Peace Initiative is a regional plan that includes important strategic and tactical aspects which may very well provide Israel with the peace, prosperity and even security that we have yearned for so long. But we might miss this window of opportunity if we do not have visionary leadership willing to examine it..."