The Arab League has officially renewed its five-year-old peace offer to Israel. The deal would grant Israel full recognition in return for its withdrawal from Palestinian land occupied in the 1967 war and the creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Arab leaders had discussed insisting on the return of all Palestinian refugees but settled on calling for a “just solution” to their plight. Israel rejected the deal five years ago and has continued settlement activity in the West Bank. Israel now says the offer has positive elements but has ruled out its key demand for the full return of the Occupied Territories.

Arab League Chief Amr Moussa: “We affirm a just and comprehensive peace as a strategic option for the Arab nation in accordance with the Arab peace initiative that is the right path to a peaceful settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict, in accordance with international law and based on land for peace.”