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US peace plan: Palestinian state with east J'lem as capital, limited sovereignty
Liad Osmo
Published: 01.03.18, 00:59
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1. green line from 1949 not set in 1967
dan ,   kfar saba   (03.01.18)
2. Guaranteed Arab paper has wrong information
Steve Benassi ,   Minneapolis USA   (03.01.18)
3. Genius, really. How about giving Kurds a slice too?!!?
(03.01.18)
4. I think Middle Earth is more fitting for "Paleshtinians"!
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5. Palestinians would accept this plan but only if kosher pigs
Khalid Amayreh ,   Jerusalem   (03.01.18)
would fly non-stop from Bnei Brak to Brooklyn, carrying Torah scrolls on their backs!
6. Legal Apartheid Forever, No Voting Rights for Majority Arabs
Steve Benassi ,   Duluth, Minnesota   (03.01.18)
... a good deal for Jews.
7. Jerusalem is OUT of the table
Max ,   Paris   (03.01.18)
Fake news. Jerusalem is NOT on the negotiating table, Trump clearly said. That Jerusalem east become Palestine capital is only wishful thinking. IT WILL NOT!
8. Will Israel seriously accept this?
Ardeth Bey ,   Detroit   (03.01.18)
When the Prime Minster stated that Jerusalem will never be divided, is he seriously going to accept this sinister idea?
And notice Israel's so called friend giving billions to a terrorist organization that will seek nothing less than the destruction of Israel. This is totally mind boggling but in another sense, it shows who is but another enemy of Israel.
9. LET'S CREATE ANOTHER MODEL COUNTRY LIKE SAUDI OR IRAN
Iranian Jew ,   LALA LAND   (03.01.18)
right on our border. Why not teh world can use another carzt country like those two.
10. Just because Judeo-Nazis like you said it, it doesn't mean
Khalid Amayreh ,   Jerusalem   (03.01.18)
Palestinians would accept it. You seem to be too frustrated.
11. Jerusalem may be off the table for you and Trump, but not
Khalid Amayreh ,   j   (03.01.18)
for two billion Muslims and two billion Christians.
12. East Jerusalem Peace Plan
Mike Baker ,   Rochester   (03.01.18)
The U.S. will never give anyone other than Israel full control of Jerusalem because it is the Jews land given them by Jehovah to Abraham, Issac and Jacob! No one else has any right to the land! The Palestinians are "Parasites" who will suck off what ever they can but are determined to destroy the Nation of Israel! They worship a false God! God (Jehovah) said He would bless those nations who bless Abraham and curse those who curse Abraham! It's all right there in black and white!
13. West Virginia for the Apache, anyone? East Harlem for the
(03.01.18)
"Afro"-Americans and so on....
Only THEN will we seriously consider mass suicide, by granting Arab murderers parts of our ancestral home.
14. The last gasp for evil fictional "Palestine"
Chaim ,   Israel   (03.01.18)
This peace plan will go where all the other fake peace plans involving "Palestinians" have gone. Nowhere. Meanwhile, Sovereignty for Judea and Samaria is just around the corner. This is the last gasp for evil fictional "Palestine".
15. Israel is a Palestinian state, it has a Palestinian majority
Khalid Amayreh ,   Jerusalem   (03.01.18)
By the way, so many Jews in Israel happily eat Pork and Ham.
Come to Ashkelon and see for yourself.
16. Till It's official comments are harmfull!!
Pienica Robert ,   Antwerp   (03.01.18)
17. Jerusalem
Johnny ,   Jo   (03.01.18)
This report is based on a Pan Arab newspaper. Considering that Trump himself said "Jerusalem is off the table" I doubt that's the plan. Otherwise why is he moving the embassy? Watch on YouTube: Dr Jacques Gutiher, Sovereignty over the old City. It's time to grant Israel their rights under International Law!
18. No pink champagne or Cuban cigars to lessen the bitter taste
John Dickerson ,   Atlanta   (03.01.18)
Despite perhaps being promised "billions" instead of the more customary trinkets, the Palestinians will surely end up getting the shaft; but it's Abbas' own fault for apparently believing the U.S. could ever conceivably serve as an "honest broker" (or an "honest" anything). It's just not in our nature. Ask the Creeks, Cherokees, Seminoles, Apaches, etc. Saying we speak with "forked tongues" is a grotesque understatement.

As to the aforementioned "billions", I assume they are to primarily be provided by the Saudis, and I wouldn't necessarily count on anything being left over from MBS's profligate spending on French chateaus, über yachts and fake art (not to mention his 'fun and games' in Yemen, Syria and elsewhere). I would also assume that a Saudi war on Iran will take priority over any "billions" actually being transferred to the Palestinians.

As to whatever non-contiguous Bantustans Israel allows the Palestinians to retain in Areas A and B (a mere 40% of the West Bank), they will only have limited sovereignty, so they will have to rely on Israel to prevent new settlements from being established by Hilltop Youth and the like, and in the past Israel's effectiveness in this regard has been abysmal.
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