Geneva Initiative

The Geneva Initiative is an unofficial peace plan formally launched in December 2003 by prominent Israelis and Palestinians. The main sponsors of the plan are Israeli politician Yossi Beilin and Palestinian Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo. Beilin is a former Labor Party minister and Knesset member and one of the architects of the Oslo Accords.

The plan is based on the Clinton parameters of December 2000, which were accepted by the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority as a basis for negotiations. It also builds on former permanent status negotiations, including those held in Camp David and Taba in 2000 and 2001.

The plan calls for the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and for Israel to have secure borders based on the 1967 border, but with adjustments made for Israeli settlements near Jerusalem.

The initiative calls for Palestinian sovereignty over the Temple Mount and Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall, under an international security force. The plan espouses a fair resolution to the Palestinian refugee problem, including repatriation to the new Palestinian state and compensation for expropriated property.