Hassan Kukah, a popular Nigerian Catholic cleric, has proposed one Nigerian and few other prominent figures in international politics as mediators for the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
According to the cleric, ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex president of the United states, Barack Obama should be contacted for the peace talks in the warring countries.
Others proposed by the cleric are King Abdullah of Jordan, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and former Ireland President Mary Robinson to serve as international mediators.
Mr Kukah said international mediators were important in revisiting and reviving the two-state agreement reached in Oslo, Norway, where a decision was reached for both Palestine and Israel to each have a homeland.
The Oslo Agreement in 1993 was meant to resolve the Israel-Palestine crisis by ensuring a two-state solution. The agreement has failed largely because Israel, concerned about its security, has expanded and continues to expand into Palestinian territories, establishing settlements considered illegal by international law.