The proposal of the Arab League to Israel

An offer similar to Israel had already been made in 2002: normalization of Arab countries in relations with Israel in exchange for a permanent solution to the long-standing issue between Israelis and Palestinians, including the creation of two states, namely the Palestinian sovereign, and the return to the Palestinian territories to them taken away with the occupation she war of 1967. This is the meaning of the document drawn up at the end of the Arab League summit, which is held annually, and that was held in Jordan. The approval was provided by 21 state representatives, of the 22 countries belonging to the Arab League; This document, which was reached near unanimity signals the willingness of Sunni Arab countries to close the issue with Israel, to sanction officially the relations with Tel Aviv, which are unofficially already very tight, especially in view of war on terrorism and radical against Iran, identified as a common opponent. Seen in these terms, the request of the Arab League appears to be a further conciliatory message to Israel and at the same time, to justify in the face of the Arab population of the official relations with Israel. The Palestinian issue, in fact, for the perception of the greater part of Arab society, always represents an insurmountable contrast pattern and aversion towards the Israel country, exacerbated by the harshness of the treatment of the population of Palestine and subtraction illegitimate land, against all under international law, the Palestinians themselves. It is clear that without reaching these targets the Arab countries of Sunni matrix can not appear in front of their social fabric and present Israel as a new ally against Tehran, and indeed such a position not supported by the resolution of the Palestinian issue, end up giving an advantage perhaps unbridgeable from the point of view of image, Iran, as the only bulwark against the arrogance of Israel. Probably the religious division between Sunnis and Shiites could decrease its value if the anti-Israel sentiments in the Arab world, resulting from the failure to resolve the Palestinian issue, were betrayed. This scenario also could contribute, not least, an increase of Sunni terrorism directed against Tel Aviv and its allies. At the same time, the one offered by the Arab League, is a unique opportunity to Tel Aviv, to reach the solution of a problem that the majority of the international community has been calling for and which would allow Israel to get out of a damaging insulation and embrace a new perspective in international relations, especially in the region; as well as having a strategic advantage against what is now the Israeli government considers the most dangerous enemy: Iran. On the other hand the two-state solution is supported not only by much of the international community, including the United Nations and the achievement of this goal would allow Israel also improved relations with the leading supranational actor in the world. However this opportunity is not, and could not be otherwise, free for Israel; Netanyahu's government should change its attitude about the two-state solution and to start a genuine process to get to this solution, which so far has always put in an equivocal and, perhaps even more difficult to give up the expansionist settlement policy. It is not only for the government of Tel Aviv, but for the whole of the entire Israeli society to undertake a deep analysis process to evaluate an offer that would ensure peace in the country and a different consideration from the international community; certainly a run of this potential negotiation could not be carried out like the one that Netanyahu held with Kerry, but should be guided to the most absolute sincerity, without maneuvers when approaching close-ups and expulsion, which have compromised the outcome exhausted and the counterparty. Now the answer to the Arab League proposal, then tap to Israel, with the responsibility that a negative attitude may worsen relations with the Sunni states, in spite of the road currently being undertaken, and that this opens new negative scenarios in the Middle East.