Arab countries are planning to present within a few weeks a plan that would include a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, along with normalization with Saudi Arabia and other nations, the Financial Times reports.

At the same time, Israel would have to agree to “irreversible” steps toward a Palestinian state.

[… every other old Arab peace plan, before and after the grotesque Hamas slaughters three months ago. I’ve already written about this today, but Isaac Herzog is right that October 7 has killed the two-state solution while Palestinians remain as radicalized and murderous as they are at the moment. It will take a generation of quasi-denazification to get the Palestinians to a point where they don’t represent an existential threat to Israel. — Ed]