After more than three months of Israel’s devastating Gaza war, Arab states are developing a plan they hope will bring an end to the conflict and lay the foundations for a sustainable peace. At the core of the US-backed initiative is to offer Israel a prize it has long sought: the normalisation of relations with Arab and Muslim states, including the grand prize of Saudi Arabia. In return, Israel would have to commit to “irreversible” steps towards the establishment of a viable Palestinian state.
在以色列對加沙進行了三個多月的毀滅性戰爭之後,阿拉伯國家正在制定一項計劃,希望能夠結束衝突,爲實現可持續和平奠定基礎。美國支持的這項倡議的核心,是向以色列提供一個它長期以來一直在尋求的獎賞:與阿拉伯和穆斯林國家的關係正常化,包括沙烏地阿拉伯這個「大獎」。作爲回報,以色列必須承諾採取「不可逆轉」的措施,建立一個能獨立發展的巴勒斯坦國。