Palestinian officials have informed the United States that Secretary of State John Kerry’s “framework plan” is not acceptable to them as currently written, and would need significant revision to be accepted.
The officials complained that the Kerry plan “includes pretty much everything Israel demanded” but almost none of the key requirements the Palestinians had laid out in previous comments.
Despite their perception of the plan as too pro-Israel, the Israeli government has likewise rejected the plan, with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon declaring it “not worth the paper it’s printed on” and other Israeli officials suggesting John Kerry must be an anti-semite to even propose some of those things.
Though both Israel and Palestine seem uniformly opposed to Kerry’s plan, they seem to be growing a bit closer to one another, as some recent reports have suggested that they are mere percentage points apart on the key question of land swaps.
Both sides complaining? Gee, that's a new one.
ALERT! – Jason and Antiwar.com please review
Avraham Burg (ex-Knesset SPEAKER) has what is essentially a ‘pre-constitutional document’ up on Haaretz, and is essentially calling for ‘equal rights/votes between the River and the Sea’, if you can believe it.
It’s calling for all the BDS demands – ie, equal rights
entitled:
‘Say a big ‘thank you’ to Martin Schulz’
‘In an effort to pave a new path toward historic reconciliation and true political commitment between both nations, we must give up the view of the current solution that is based on many layers of separation, isolation and acts of built-in discrimination. We need to replace that solution with a completely different method and set of principles. Many of our members, Israelis and Palestinians, both here and in the diaspora, have reached this conclusion and, as a result, share a commitment and an understanding that it is both possible and vitally important. The purpose of these principles is not to propose practical, detailed solutions, but rather to lay out a completely different groundwork for a just and sustainable Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian partnership. Our starting point is founded in the belief that the fate of both nations is bound up in an unbreakable link; that the Jewish Israelis and Palestinians are part of the Middle East, and neither of them has a surplus of rights or exclusive sovereignty over any part of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
Therefore:
* Every person who lives (or has the status of a resident) between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea shall be assured equal personal, political, economic and social rights. These rights include: the right to protection and security; equal treatment without regard to sex, race, ethnic origin or religion; freedom of movement; ownership and possession of property; the right to bring a lawsuit to court; and the right to vote and hold elected office.
* The collective rights of Jewish Israelis and Palestinians – linguistic, cultural, religious and political – shall be ensured in every political setting. It is understood that neither side shall have exclusive sovereignty over any part of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea (including exclusive ownership of land, exclusive access to natural resources, and so on).
* All remaining exclusive rights possessed solely by Jewish Israelis, including ownership of land and access to natural resources, shall be abolished. All resources – material and political – shall be redistributed on the basis of principles of affirmative justice.
* The right of return of the Palestinians is an integral part of UN Resolution 194. The implementation of this resolution shall take into account the existing reality. The moral and political injustice of dispossessing the Palestinians in the past shall not be remedied by creating new injustices.
* The new political institutions shall make democratic immigration and citizenship laws. However, Jews and Palestinians who live in the diaspora will be able to receive immunity in situations of danger (according to UN resolutions) and will have special status in the process of obtaining citizenship in comparison with any other ethnic or national group.
Like many people, both among my colleagues and others, I believe with all my heart that mutual recognition based on these principles could advance a different political reality, in which memories of exile and being refugees would give way to a comprehensive realization of rights, citizenship and belonging. They would turn bereavement into life, and despair into hope. And so, I want to say a big “thank you” to Martin Schulz, one of Israel’s last and best real friends in the world.’
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Yes, Happy Valentine’s Day 2014 for Palestine
Makes too much sense, doesn't stand a chance.
UN resolutions 194, 543, 234, who gives a damn! they won't be enforced based on their principles, the numbers are there only to give lip service to corrupt politicians.
Refusal of Palestine is not surprising. Otherwise would have been surprising
he Kerry plan “includes pretty much everything Israel demanded” but almost none of the key requirements the Palestinians had laid out in previous comments.
What a surprise!!!!
If only bluto's post led somewhere.