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Arab states open to ‘minor’ shifts in 1967 borders as part of Arab-Israeli peace push
WASHINGTON – Arab countries are endorsing a Mideast peace plan that allow for “minor” shifts in Israel’s 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack Obama’s two-state vision.
Speaking on behalf of six Arab states, Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani said the Arab League delegation accepted the possibility of mutually-agreed and “comparable” land swaps between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
He spoke after meeting across the street from the White House with Vice-President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry.
Kerry has been pushing Arab leaders to embrace a modified version of their 2002 Arab Peace Initiative as part of a new Mideast peace effort.
That proposal offered Israel universal recognition in the Arab world in exchange for a pullback to its 1967 borders.
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