Playing it Seif

From Foreign Policy's The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2004:

"When Libya gave up nuclear weapons in late 2003, some pundits claimed that the U.S.-led war in Iraq changed Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's mind, while others hailed the breakthrough as a product of patient "carrot and stick" diplomacy. But in 2004 it became clear that another Qaddafi might be calling the shots: Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, Muammar’s second son. The 32-year-old actively lobbied his father to end Libya's standoff with the West, give up weapons of mass destruction, and open the country’s economy. "They both want to keep the country in the family, and Seif wants Libya to be a normal country—no more funding terrorism, developing nuclear weapons, or being isolated economically," says John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org. In March 2004, Seif publicly chastised Arab governments for badmouthing the Bush administration's Greater Middle East Initiative to promote democracy, saying "instead of shouting and criticizing the American initiative, you have to bring democracy to your countries." He also said Libyan Jews who were persecuted decades ago are entitled to compensation and urged them to return to Libya; his father later echoed the proposal. Seif insists that he is not preparing to take over the reins from his father, but he has clearly carved out a significant role. In March 2004, he told reporters that British Prime Minister Tony Blair would soon visit Libya; only later did London confirm. He conducted the negotiations over weapons of mass destruction with British and U.S. intelligence, and he arranged to have members of the U.S. Congress visit Libya in January 2004."

Now what I found to be the most interesting idea this man came up with is being called the Seif Islam Qaddafi proposal, a proposal to create peace for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between the Palestinians and Israel, which he made at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London.

Its main points are:

1. The creation of a binational Jewish-Arab state called the "Federal Republic of the Holy Land."
2. The state would be composed of 5 administrative regions, with Jerusalem as a city-state.
3. The return of all Palestinian refugees to vote on the proposal.