basis for ending the conflict. it has been more than 20 years since israel and the plo signed their first agreement, the oslo accords and the plo formally recognized israel. both sides committed to a plan to transition much of the west bank and gaza to palestinian control during permanent status negotiations that woput an end to their conflict. unfortunately neither the transition nor the final agreement came about. both sides bear responsibility for that. finally, some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came out with a historic arab peace initiative which offered fully normalized peace relations with israel when it made peace. an enormous opportunity then and now which has never been fully embraced. that history was critical to our
and this is necessary to reflect practical realities on the ground and mutually agreed equivalent swaps that will insure that the agreement is fair to both sides. there is also broad recognition of israel s need to insure that the borders are secure. and defensible. and that the territory of palestinian is viable and contiguous. virtually everyone that i have spokenç to has been clear on ts principle as well, no changes by israel to the 196lines will be recognized 1967 lines will be recognized by the international community unless agreed to by both sides. principle two, fulfill the vision of the u.n. general assembly resolution 181 of two states for two peoples. one jewish, and one arab, with mutual recognition and full, equal rights for all their respective citizens.
principle six. end the conflict and all outstanding claims enabling normalized relations and enhanced regional security for all as envisioned by the arab peace initiative. it is essential for both side it is final status agreement resolves outstanding issues and finally brings closure to this conflict so that everyone can move ahead to a new era of peaceful coexistence and cooperation. for israel this must also bring broader peace with all of its arab neighbors. that s the fundamental promise of the arab peace initiative which key arab leaders affirmed in the most recent days. the arab peace initiative also envisions enhanced security for all of the region. it envisions israel being a partner in those efforts when
very, very large population of people from the middle east and north africa. or the a least who are descended from people from the middle east and north africa. rube always had a lot of people from north africa. it s not like this was the lone arab coming through. i m sure there were hundreds going through. thanks for coming out. you look cold up there. tell us about what s going on in brussels in this suburb which is not exactly a rich suburb, it s a poor person s suburb. you have all this terrorism coming out of it, molenbeek. tell bus that. indeed. i m standing here in molenbeek. we were here earlier about six blocks straight up that way. the police were here this morning about 10:00 a.m. doing a big raid. they arrested one person and chased another guy into balgd. he sealed himself in, barricaded himself in for six hours.
questioning people. at that moment, they didn t have any particular reason to think this guy, a french citizen would be a problem. do the french have the same concern we have about not profiling? if a person comes through, seems to be from the middle east in terms of their background and their name, do they have any squeamishness about holding that person for further questioning or treat it as a blind interview? well, i think officially they re squeamish. in reality not so squeamish. you have to remember that part of france and belgium has a very, very large population of people from the middle east and north africa. or the a least who are descended from people from the middle east and north africa. rube always had a lot of people from north africa. it s not like this was the lone arab coming through.