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Clinical Faculty at University of Washington

The Queen said it all! "The number one step now is to try to get an immediate ceasefire. The reason why we are not reaching that is that clearly, the Prime Minister of Israel has been buying time. Every time the two sides are close to an agreement, he throws in a new set of conditions or last-minute obstacles. We need to stop the fighting immediately, and that will de-escalate the Lebanon front and every other front. And then, the world community really needs to address the cause of this issue. Past peace talks have failed because we used the same equation. There were never any consequences placed to de-incentivize the occupation. Israel just felt emboldened to built more settlements, to grab more lands. There were never any efforts to uphold the international law. The starting point should be upholding the international law without exception. There can be negotiations and compromises as is the case in any peace deal. But, the departure point, the floor that needs to be set should be the international law. SECOND, human rights are universal. They don't need to be negotiated or earned. All Palestinians and Israelis have the right to peace, security, and self-determination, regardless of which side is more powerful. THIRD, security is not a zero-sum game. For the longest time Israel has been trying to safeguard their own security by denying Palestinians the same. Neither side's insecurity serves the other. It just reinforces the cycle of retaliation and repression. The only way out of that is for both sides to have peace. FOURTH, there can never be justice without accountability. When a nation does something wrong it needs to be faced with repercussions, not exceptions. FIFTH, we cannot be held hostage by the voices on the extremes. There are voices that are applauding starvation and displacement, that are encouraging collective punishment, that defend the indefensible, that justify the unjustifiable. We cannot be led by those forces. If we can agree on those five principles as the starting point, then we can reach a situation where we can find a just peace in our region. More war, more weapons are not the answer. The international community has a decision to make. Either we prove that the law stands above politics and power, or they have to admit that in the so-called rule-based world order, the rules only apply to the weak."

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan on Israel-Hamas war: ‘The world has failed'

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