The second point restates the need for Arab nations to recognize Israels right to exist as an independent country which will remain in the region. This would naturally include an end to the attempts by Arab countries to expel Israel from the United Nations and an end to the Arab economic boycott of Israel. The third point involves the humanitarian need to obtain international financial assistance to rehabilitate and properly house the thousands of people in the refugee camps in the occupied territories. The final point in the initiative is the call for elections among the Palestinians in the occupied territories to begin municipal selfrepresentation and to determine who will act as negotiators with the Israeli Government for a permanent settlement for the area. The fact that a man who has strenuously opposed elections for many years. and who voted against the Camp David agreement. has now come forward with a proposal in the face of political pressure and severe dissent from certain elements in his own party is a fact not to be taken lightly.