The first details are beginning to emerge about the so-called “Kerry Plan” for Israel, which includes an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem and a deal for Israel to keep settlement blocs and “compensate” the PA for the land.
The plan is also said to include the PA endorsing Israel as a “Jewish state” and abandoning the right of return for Palestinian refugees abroad, but was downplayed by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who insisted “Israel does not have to agree to anything the Americans present.”
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro also appeared to be trying to distance the US government from the plan, saying Kerry’s framework was effectively just a cobbled together collection of proposals made by Israel and the Palestinians during the talks so far with “very little” American authorship.
Analysts say that Kerry’s plan would likely collapse the Israeli coalition government, though with many far-right coalition members opposed to any deal in general, that’s true of any proposal that couches itself as involving “peace.”
The Zionist want all of Palestine so its inhabitants can be stateless and live in squalor in an open air prison.
"in an open air prison" – Sure! – in someone else's country. On second thought – in someone else's country that Israel doesn't have designs on. (that would be no closer to the Mid East than Pakistan, Afghanistan?).
The Zionist want all of Palestine so its inhabitants can be stateless and live in squalor in an open air prison.
"Very little" American authorship? The Israeli is making Kerry look like the class dunce…..or is he.
"…Shapiro also appeared to be trying to distance the US government from the plan…"
Wait, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that an American Ambassador, say to Israel, for instance, works for the American Secretary of State. If I was Kerry, and was serious about this so-called "Kerry Plan" I'd have that Ambassador standing in front of my desk, yesterday – and have a typed resignation letter ready for the Ambassador's signature on the desk between us. No discussion required.
And as always, nothing will come of it. Or when something comes, it will be worse than any proposal in the past, so nothing will come of it. Does recognizing Israel as Jewish state change citizenship rights of other ethnic groups in Israel, including Palestinians? There must be implications, or why bother to define a state by its nationality/religion. This has been percolating for a while, but it is not clear if that will mean some sort of apartheid for others?
"“Israel does not have to agree to anything the Americans present.”
Ummmmmmmm, actually, the only reason the world is not doing what is required by international law and forcing Israel to withdraw from and stop blockading Palestinian territory is because the USA is blocking anyone from doing anything.
Soooooooo, if the entire world can't do anything because the USA is blocking it, how does Bibi think he will be able to stop the USA from enforcing whatever it "presents" on Israel? Does he think Israel is stronger than the entire world?
Not that anything is going to come of Kerry's statement. That's theater.