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Col. Kemp: U.S. Peace Proposals Represent the Best Chance for a Lasting Peace
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Lee Harpin - A letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, signed by 126 MPs and Peers as part of a campaign for the Council for Arab-British Understanding, described Israel's plans to extend Israeli law in parts of the West Bank "as a mortal blow to the chances of peace." In a response from Col. Richard Kemp, the Marquess of Reading and film-maker Hugh Kitson, the PM is urged to recognize "the historical and legal facts pertaining to this matter that the signatories of Mr. Blunt's letter seem either to not understand or to reject." "Decades spent pursuing the received wisdom reflected in Mr. Blunt's letter have, as you know, proven not only fruitless but have also increased suffering for the Palestinian people and heightened danger for Israeli citizens and the Jewish diaspora. Now is the time for new and creative thinking. The U.S. Administration's current peace proposals, including sovereignty implementation, in fact represent the best chance for a lasting peace between the two sides as well as a future two-state solution."