| 1.) | This solution cannot possibly be acceptable to the Israelis and to propose such a solution means in effect to conduct a protracted conflict against Israel. |
| 2.) | Protracted conflict causes more suffering to Arabs than to Israelis because it postpones indefinitely the solution of the Palestinian problem and it further postpones the settlement of the human problem of the Palestinian refugees, who have been awaiting a solution of the conflict since 1948. It has also caused suffering to the Arab civilian population along the cease-fire lines of the Jordan Valley and the Suez. Canal (for example, the Egyptian government evacuated more than half a million people from Port Said, Suez, and other towns when it began its 'war of attrition against Israel along the Canal). |
| 3.) | This solution increases mutual intransigence and aids the extremists on both sides. It obliges Arab Governments to refuse any negotiations with Israel on the solution of the Palestinian problem, and persuades Israelis that they have no alternative but to remain at the present cease-fire line which they consider best assures their security, their survival and their independence as long as the protracted conflict lasts. |
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