PALESTINIAN CONFLICT HAS BEEN THE LONGEST ONE IN THE CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND ONE OF MAIN FACTORS IN TENSION AND INSTABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE WORLD AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AS A WHOLE. HOW CAN WE IMAGINE THE WORLD IF THERE IS A JUST, COMPREHENSIVE AND LASTING SETTLEMENT TO THIS DISPUTE? MANY PROBLEMS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE SOLVED, MANY ECONOMIC RESOURCES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ACHIEVE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE AND RAPPORT WILL PREVAIL AMONG PEOPLES, THE KING SAID. WE AS ARABS HAVE NOT ACCEPTED PEACE AS A STRATEGIC OPTION ONLY, BUT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TWO PEACE PROJECTS AT ARAB FEZ AND BEIRUT SUMMITS. WE HAVE SUPPORTED PEACE PROJECTS LEADING TO THE SET UP OF TWO INDEPENDENT STATES BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY AND ITS RESOLUTIONS. MEANWHILE THE OTHER PARTY HAS SHOWN REJECTION AND STUBBORNNESS TOWARDS ALL THESE PEACE INITIATIVES, INTENSIFICATION OF OCCUPATION AND CREATION OF SITUATIONS ON THE GROUND THAT INCREASINGLY COMPLICATE THIS DISPUTE. RUSSIA UNDOUBTEDLY HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN FINDING A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT DUE TO ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTET COMMITTEE. WE HOPE THAT THE COMMITTEE'S CURRENT EFFORTS LEAD TO REVIVING PEACE PROCESS, FOCUSING ON MAJOR ISSUES OF THE DISPUTE, AND RADICALLY SOLVING THEM SINCE PARTIAL SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE IN ACHIEVING HOPEFUL PROGRESS. --MORE
