peaceful approach

While some Arabs answered calls from al-Husseini and the Arab Higher Committee to join the armed struggle, others ignored them or gravitated towards organizations like the League for National Liberation, which unlike the hardline AHC preferred a peaceful approach and was willing to grant equal rights to Jews in a democratic Arab-majority state, rather than only those Jewish settlers who had arrived before 1917.

Faizal Ramadhani, who heads the joint security peace force in Papua, said authorities will continue to prioritize a peaceful approach for Mehrtens’ release.

Rob Callender, action co-ordinator from Extinction Rebellion, explained the group was adopting a new peaceful approach after hearing from the public that disruption "is a barrier".

Authorities will continue to prioritize a peaceful approach for the release of Mehrtens, Margono said.

“It’s a diplomatic arrangement that entailed reciprocal agreements, and it has been fraying and diminished because the Chinese haven’t been meeting their commitments to take a fundamentally peaceful approach,” Schriver said.