text: security, stability and good-neighbourly relations and enable the Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination free from attempts to dominate them or to force them to live under occupation. The lOSS of such an opportunity-would undoubtedly portend grave danger and consequences: should the Palestinian people within and outside the occupied territories lose hope of achieving a just settlement, they would logically conclude that Israel refuses to have peace with them and seeks to dominate their land and Create opportunities for additional Israeli settlers to live there. That would undoubtedly engender the feared escalation of the situation and the loss of another opportunity to achieve a just Solution , thus leading to yet another explosion in the situation. we in WYPt are confident that all people of conscience both within and outside Israel reject these policies and would face them with a view to changing them. We in Egypt are confident that all peace- and justice-loving forces cannot accept division of the sacred rights of man or the application of a double-standard JvM/l3' S/Pv.2786 57 (Mr 0' Hadawi, Egypt) thereto. Therefore we expect all to apply one yardstick to human rights without discrimination as to race, creed or belief.' \ The current grave events have underlined the urgency immediately to resume the peace process for the benefit of all parties concerned. President Hosni Mubarek# in the last few days, has put forward an important new peace initiative aimed at creating a meaningful negotiating process. The initiative calls upon the parties concerned to.cease all forms of violence and repression in the occupied territories for six months. Such a step would be accompanied by the following: first, cessation of 'all settlement activities; secondly, respect for the political rights and freedoms of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation; thirdly,,ensuring 
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the political situation in the Middle East, particularly the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It discusses the importance of security, stability, and good-neighbourly relations, as well as the need for a just solution to the conflict. The text also mentions human rights, self-determination, and the need for a single yardstick for human rights without discrimination. Given these themes, it is likely that the text falls under the category of international relations or politics.