This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.The Fahd Peace Plan, also known as the Fahd Peace Initiative and Fez Initiative, was a peace proposal presented by then Saudi Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 1981[1] and officially submitted during the Arab League summit in Morocco's city of Fez in November that year.
"[3] Within its provisions, it was included Israeli withdrawal from "all Arab territory occupied in 1967", including Arab Jerusalem, dismantling of Israeli settlements built on "Arab land" after 1967, a "guarantee of freedom of worship for all religions in Holy Places", an "affirmation of the right of the Palestinian Arab people to return to their homes and compensation for those who do not wish to return", and the creation of an "independent Palestinian State" with Jerusalem as its capital and putting the West Bank and the Gaza Strip under the "auspices of the United Nations for a period not exceeding several months".
[4] The points of the Peace Plan:[1] The Fahd Peace Plan was presented at the 8th Arab League summit in Fez, Morocco, in November 1981, and it sparked disagreements among the parties.
It was only during the sessions of the 12th summit of the organization, held again in Fez in September 1982,[5] that the proposal was endorsed as the Fez Initiative, after including a reference to the Palestine Liberation Organization, and it became the official position of the Arab states regarding the conflict.
[2][4] However, the Israeli government at the time, led by Menachem Begin, did not accept the plan and rejected its provisions.