We favour a settlement, but not any settlement, not peace at any price: a settlement that does not resolve the Palestinian problem or the question of the Golan, or Israel's or Jordan's or Lebanon's or Syria's right to exist with reasonable security within a recognized territory, is no settlement at all, for natural forces would be at work to overturn it before it was signed.

Central pre-requisites are: firstly, the Palestinians must be allowed to freely exercise their national right of self-determination, and secondly, Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in 1967. Security measures (such as arms or force limitations, observers etc… .) may be an integral part of any agreement. Issues such as security measures, juridical status, corridors of transit and communication, representation, foreign nationals etc… . are important and are proper subjects of negotiations. In some cases, security requirements may dictate minor modifications to specific lines previously disputed. Yet such exchanges must result from negotiations aimed at mutual security and based on the two principles identified, not as a result of force or threat.