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Peace Process
Topic Started: Jun 9 2014, 02:32 PM (255 Views)
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Yair Lapid
Prime Minister of the State of Israel

Fellow world leaders and delegates,

As you may have seen in the international media both Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed the Geneva Accords with the aim of restarting peace talks. As you have seen currently the Israeli government is taking steps to not only create a stable and trusting relationship with the Palestinians but to begin economically developing the Palestinian territories to achieve economic stability away from Israeli and international donation. Currently Qatar is now investing over $300 million in reconstruction throughout the Gaza Strip while my government has secured $200 million in transportation development in the West Bank. The new policy of this government is to fight terrorism through a different way rather than use the IDF, employment is the major key. That is why the Israeli government has decided to open up the West Bank and Gaza to business development and international economic development. I strongly believe that fighting the high unemployment rates in both territories will provide Palestinians the ability to provide for themselves and their children.

While on a high note the Israeli government in good faith is to begin the dismantling of illegal outposts as agreed to by the Geneva Accords and a 12 month settlement freeze in the West Bank. However the Palestinians must develop a security force that can help combat terrorism which he hope the international community can help provide for. This is a new era for peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians and this government is more than ever committed to achieve a Palestinian state and safe and secure Israel, however we need the international community to help develop these areas and to convince national corporations to invest in the territories. Contrary to international opinion this current administration is dedicated to peace and will find a beneficial settlement to end this conflict.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Germany applauds the recent action taken by both sides. Germany is willing to send experts to help build security force, plus investments in both the West Bank and Gaza.
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Yair Lapid
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I thank our German friends for stepping forward and supporting us. I strongly believe the rest of the international community should be offering support to this plan. Peace between Israel and the Palestinian authority equals not only stability but total economic development in the middle east, something this region needs greatly.
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Douglas Alexander
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

The United Kingdom would like to echo the sentiment of my German counterpart. We are prepared to provide training and financial and material support for the establishment of Palestinian security forces and will support investments aimed at improving the economic conditions in both the West Bank and Gaza.
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Yair Lapid
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I thank both Britain and Germany for their statements of statement to our new policy. We also hope that both nations can convince private corporations to start investing in both areas.
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Dmitri Medvedev
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation


The Russian Federation is better suited than any country to train and prepare the Palestinian Security Forces for the invariable number of challenges they will face as an emerging state within the region. It is not a secret to anyone that the German military and the British military are a mere shadow of what they have been in the past because of budgetary cutbacks in the area of defence. Further neither Germany nor the United Kingdom have the same level of expertise in counter-terrorism that the Russian Federation has. We have fought entire wars in places like Chechnya rooting out extremism and terrorism and fighting those who wish to use tactics of violence against civilian populations in order to spread their agenda. The Russian Federation is the most qualified and we will approach the Palestinians directly with an offer that is far more competitive than anything the cash strapped Germans and English could ever dream of presenting to the table. Security is important for the Middle East and most of all for Palestine, it is therefore imperative that a competent party be the ones that train the Palestinians and prepare them for their statehood sovereignty.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Germany is very competent at providing training and equipment to the Palestinians. We can supply modern equipment unlike the Russians. Also regarding economies, being the 4th biggest economy in the world, we can provide money and also opportunities to Palestine. With Russia's recent action in the Crimea and Ukraine, its seems that keeping your own court in order before starting on others. We believe however that both Germany and Russia can provide Palestine what it requires.
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Yair Lapid
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I believe both our German and Russian friends can provide competent training to the Palestinian security units, I would also like to announce that part of what the agreement that Israel is willing to agree to with the Palestinians would be a $30 billion fund for refugee repatriation. As Israel cannot possible fund this alone I would also recommend nations who want to help to also help with the repatriation fund.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Prime Minister Lapid

Germany will work with Russia to help the Palestinians on this . We are awaiting a reply from Moscow on this. Several German companies are interested in setting up ventures in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Yair Lapid
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This is rough draft of what we are aiming for towards economic development and security training for Palestinian Authority, I believe that this will strongly enhance the Palestinians commitment to ending the current conflict. If parties have a problem with the proposed treaty all amendments are deemed friendly.

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Geneva Accords II

Article 1 - General Principles


The High Contracting Parties, committed to a vision of peaceful cooperation, shall apply as between them all of the provisions of the United Nations Charter governing relations between states in times of peace and shall act in good faith to promote good neighbourly relations in the spirit of brotherhood between them.


Article 2 - Annual Aid


The State of Israel, Germany and the Russian Federation shall provide the Palestinian Authority an annual sum of $1.2 billion in economic aid, to be utilised for the purpose of enhancing the peaceful economic and institutional development of Palestine and for any other purpose necessary for the good and orderly governance Palestine.


Article 3 - Government Investment


All three governments shall establish a dedicated sovereign fund for the purpose of investing in and providing financing for private Palestinian business enterprises operating in the territory of the Palestine, or owned by Palestinian nationals or corporations incorporated in Palestine, so as to promote a vibrant and successful Palestinian economy and develop its productive capacity. All three governments undertakes to place no less than $115 million at the disposal of the fund each year.


Article 4 - Private Sector Partnerships


The High Contracting Parties undertake to establish the Israeli, German, Russian-Palestine Joint Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of building private sector business partnerships between Israeli, German and Russian and Palestinian business leaders and nationals and promote joint enterprises and mutual investment. The Joint Chamber of Commerce shall provide interested persons with information about useful business contacts, business services, market research, events and networking opportunities

Article 5 - Security

The High Contracting Parties undertake to promote joint programs to help the Palestinian Authority to right-size its force and advise them on the restructuring and training necessary to improve their ability, to enforce the rule of law, and make them accountable to the leadership of the Palestinian people whom they serve.

Train and Equip—" focused on transforming the Palestinian national security forces into a Palestinian gendarme—an organized police force or police units."

2.Capacity Building in the Ministry of Interior—"to invest considerable funds and personnel into making the ministry a leading arm of the Palestinian government with a capacity to budget, to think strategically, and to plan operationally."

3.Infrastructure—"Increase cooperation between Palestinian contractors to build a state-of-the-art training college for the Presidential Guard in Jericho as well as a brand new operational base that will house...one thousand of the returning NSF gendarmes"

The security training team will include 45 persons, including German and Russian military officers. The starting budget will be $86.4 Million with gradually increases each year. The total strength of Palestinian Authority's forces as of May 2007 were estimated at 76,500 the current plan is to seek of increase to 90,000 permanent forces.
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