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Leap of Faith: Israel’s National Religious and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Crisis Group Middle East Report N°147, 21 November 2013 Page iv Recommendations To ensure parts of Israel’s national-religious community can be properly integrated in the search for and achievement of a two-state solution To the government of Israel: 1. Convene an internal dialogue about the place of religion in peacemaking that includes religious leaders of all Jewish currents, including the national religious. 2. Prevent erosion of the rule of law vis-à-vis religiously-motivated violence by, inter alia: a) boosting law enforcement efforts against religiously-motivated attacks on Palestinians and places of worship; and b) subjecting religious writings to state laws on incitement to racism. To the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organisation: 3. Recognise Judaism’s historical ties to Palestine/the Land of Israel as the land of the three monotheistic religions, as was done in the PLO’s 1988 Palestinian Declaration of Independence. 4. Refrain from denying Jewish history, including the existence of the Temple, and condemn such denials when they occur from their ranks. To Israel’s national-religious leadership: 5. Agree to abide by the results of a national referendum on a putative Israeli- Palestinian agreement. 6. Refrain from denying Palestinian national identity, history and attachment to Palestine/the Land of Israel and condemn such denials when they occur from their ranks. To include national religious core interests in peace negotiations leading to a two-state solution To the government of Israel: 7. Make clear that any putative agreement will be submitted to a popular referendum. 8. Initiate a dialogue with national-religious Israelis on rules of the game in the case of an eventual settlement evacuation. 9. Consider, as part of an eventual agreement, a gradual process of settlement withdrawal during which the state would provide settlements slated for evacuation only with critical services while alternative communal housing is offered to settlers relocating to Israel proper or to areas designed for annexation.
Leap of Faith: Israel’s National Religious and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Crisis Group Middle East Report N°147, 21 November 2013 Page v To the negotiating parties: 10. Consider, in direct negotiations or informal track II discussions, whether and how to take into account core national-religious interests in a final agreement including, inter alia: a) mutual recognition of the historical links between Islam and Judaism and of both people’s linkage to the land between the Jordan River and Mediterranean sea; b) worship arrangements for Jews at holy sites not under Israeli sovereignty under agreed procedures; c) the possibility of some settlements remaining, by agreement, under a sovereign State of Palestine; To states and organisations funding track II initiatives: 11. Support Jewish-Muslim inter-religious dialogue on political issues related to the peace negotiations. 12. Fund track II dialogue with a focus on encouraging national-religious inclusion in a two-state peace process. Jerusalem/Brussels, 21 November 2013
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