King Mohammed VI’s proposal for a lasting solution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict

King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, urged a break away with crisis management in favor of a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would help achieve an independent Palestinian state, including Gaza territory, with eastern Jerusalem as its capital.

“In keeping with the same spirit of commitment and responsibility, I continue to back constructive initiatives aimed at finding practical solutions, achieving a tangible and permanent ceasefire, and addressing the humanitarian situation,” the King said in a speech on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his accession to the throne.

“The deteriorating conditions in the region require going beyond the logic of crisis management and seeking, instead, a final solution to this conflict,” he said.

Such a solution should be first based on putting an end to the war in Gaza as an urgent priority, then this must be achieved concurrently with opening up political prospects conducive to a just and lasting peace in the region.

He also called for “opting for negotiations to revive the peace process between the Palestinian and Israeli sides which requires cutting off the path for extremists – from whatever side they may come.”

The solution also requires “achieving complete security and stability in the region (which) can be realized only within the framework of the two-state solution, with Gaza an integral part of the territory of the independent Palestinian state, and East Jerusalem its capital.”

On the same occasion, the King recalled that he, in his capacity as Chairman of Al-Quds committee, managed to have an unprecedented route opened up, through which Morocco delivered urgent food and medical aid to brothers and sisters in Gaza.

“The keen interest we take in the situation prevailing in the country does not mean we are oblivious of, or insensitive to, the tragedy befalling our Palestinian brothers and sisters,” he insisted.