Jerusalem, December 18: A published Israeli peace proposal and detailed map, has excluded the occupied Jerusalem Al-Quds from any negotiations with Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has excluded East Jerusalem Al-Quds and some other terms in the proposal which falls considerably short of Israel’s previous commitments, AP reported.
The so-called peace plan had been initially proposed by former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert. According to the plan, Israel would annex all settlements surrounding Jerusalem Al-Quds and settlement blocs in the West Bank.
Speaking in Nablus on Thursday, acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas said that Palestinians will not accept any deal without getting all of East Jerusalem Al-Quds, the sector Israel captured in a 1967 war.
“There is no Palestine without Jerusalem Al-Quds,” he told a crowd of several thousand at al-Najah University. “Without that, there will be no peace at all,” he added.
Meanwhile, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, told the Security Council at a regular monthly briefing on Thursday that Israel must fulfill its commitments, including a settlement freeze, under an internationally endorsed plan for a two-state solution.
——Agencies