Jockeying for position in post-war Gaza

Nasser al-Kidwa (left), Ehud Olmert (right(). Credit: Prospect

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and onetime Palestinian foreign minister Nasser Al-Kidwa have put forward a proposal designed to keep a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict alive.

The proposal caters to Palestinian national aspirations as well as Israeli efforts to groom a Palestinian leadership that is not tied to Hamas or the internationally recognised, West Bank-based Palestine Authority and is more amenable to Israeli concerns.

The proposal is unlikely to be embraced by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his government, Hamas, or the Palestine Authority.

Even so, major elements of the proposal, based on a plan first tabled by Mr. Olmert in the 2000s when he was prime minister, could emerge as building blocks of a transition phase when the guns in Gaza fall silent.