Plan calls for immediate end to the illegal occupation of Palestine and establishment of a transitional bi-national state.
Press release
March 21, 2012
For Immediate release
Contact Paul Barrow: paul@anisarebellion.com
Presidential candidate Anisa Abd el Fattah has drawn up a peace plan for Palestine. Her campaign has dubbed the plan “A Blueprint for Peace in Palestine.” According to Abd el Fattah, “the plan is called a Blueprint because it does not address issues traditionally associated with Palestinian statehood, or any of the issues considered final status issues in the Oslo Peace Accords.” She added, “What I have attempted to do is to tackle the essential issues, such as ending the illegal occupation and dismantlement of the Zionist regime, along with the entire system of apartheid, including checkpoints and the walls along with integrating the economies and health care systems. Our plan also proposes the establishment of a transitional bi-national government that will oversee an approximately ten year process of reconciliation and rehabilitation of the people and the land, resulting finally in one Palestinian state for all Palestinian citizens, Christians, Muslims, Jews and others. "
The plan also addresses the issues of migration to and from Palestine. We expect that there will be many Zionist Jews who will not want to live as equals with Palestinians. They will be assisted with migration. We also anticipate that there will be Palestinians returning from refugee camps and other places outside of Palestine where they have spent years in exile. We also have a plan for their repatriation.
When asked why she feels she can accomplish something this ambitious and that has never been considered or done successfully, Abd el Fattah replied saying: “I won’t be the one accomplishing it. The people of Palestine and the former Israelis who are tired of the violence and conflict and who want to live together in peace, they will accomplish it. What I have done is simply to provide a Blueprint, to show how it can be done.” “ My challenge now,” she said, “is to get my idea into the market place. If the Palestinian and non-Zionist Jewish people like the idea, they will create the mass will, and the movement that will make this plan successful. If not, like Oslo and the Quartet peace process, it will fail.”
As a first step to getting the overall Blueprint and its details, which will be presented through a series of occasional papers, into the market place of peace processes ideas, Abd el Fattah is looking for organizations to help plan and present an international conference where the papers will be presented and all issues discussed. They are hoping to hold the conference tentatively by the spring of 2013. There will be a series of meetings among interested parties prior to the conference.
As a final thought, Abd el Fattah said, “I realize this is merely a first step, and I hope the Palestinian people will find this idea worthy of their support and that they, along with their Israeli counterparts will follow this path, a path that I am convinced will lead to a real, sustainable peace between the two people.” I am submitting the letter to the UN to peak their interest and to let them know there is an alternative view that is competing with their peace process. That alone might cause some important changes and move us closer to peace” she concluded.
The Blueprint letter being submitted to the UN can be found at the campaign website, anisarebellion.com.
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