RIYADH, Nov 30: Former senior Israeli security and diplomatic officials say Tel Aviv needs to enter into dialogue with moderate Arab world on the basis of Saudi Peace Plan adopted by the Arabs during its 2002 summit in Beirut.

The Council for Peace and Security, an organisation made up of former diplomats and senior security personnel issued a position paper on Wednesday making various recommendations on the diplomatic front, said that Israel should consider entering into a dialogue with the Arab Quartet (Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Persia Gulf countries) on the basis of the Saudi initiative, making clear that it welcomed the initiative, was willing to accept some of its elements and talk about others, and wanted to invite the Arab Quartet to contribute to the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon.

According to the Jerusalem Post the position paper says that strengthening the moderate countries in the region, through steps such as a dialogue over the Saudi plan, was one way to stop the “Iranian momentum” in the region.