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Apparently, there is an unofficial peace plan called the Geneva Initiative. It was written by Shahar Party leader Yossi Beilin and former Palestinian Authority minister Yasser Abed Rabbo as well as other Israeli and Palestinian thinkers in a meeting in Jordan.
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The agreement, he said, draws borders similar to those in 1967, with an additional 2.5 percent of territory, in order to include settlements close to the Green Line such as the Gush Etzion bloc. It will, however, exclude large settlements like Ariel further outside the line. People in those communities will have to be resettled back into Israel, he said.
Palestinians will relinquish their claim to a right of return into Israel, and compensation will be made to refugees through an an international foundation with the participation of Israel, Mitzna said.
The Palestinians will fight terrorism and end the violence. The new state will be a demilitarized one, with a strong police force but no heavy weapons, he said.
Jerusalem would be divided with Arab neighborhoods under PA sovereignty and Jewish neighborhoods under Israeli authority, Mitzna said.
The Old City would be open, without borders, but with a similar arrangement, with the Jewish Quarter including the Western Wall under Israeli sovereignty and the Muslim Quarter and the Temple Mount under the PA.
There would also be an international force in the Temple Mount area to monitor the situation, Mitzna said.
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Will this plan gain momentum if the Road Map gets trashed?
Here are the details:
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The agreement, he said, draws borders similar to those in 1967, with an additional 2.5 percent of territory, in order to include settlements close to the Green Line such as the Gush Etzion bloc. It will, however, exclude large settlements like Ariel further outside the line. People in those communities will have to be resettled back into Israel, he said.
Palestinians will relinquish their claim to a right of return into Israel, and compensation will be made to refugees through an an international foundation with the participation of Israel, Mitzna said.
The Palestinians will fight terrorism and end the violence. The new state will be a demilitarized one, with a strong police force but no heavy weapons, he said.
Jerusalem would be divided with Arab neighborhoods under PA sovereignty and Jewish neighborhoods under Israeli authority, Mitzna said.
The Old City would be open, without borders, but with a similar arrangement, with the Jewish Quarter including the Western Wall under Israeli sovereignty and the Muslim Quarter and the Temple Mount under the PA.
There would also be an international force in the Temple Mount area to monitor the situation, Mitzna said.
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Will this plan gain momentum if the Road Map gets trashed?
the roadmap is dead. Abu-Mazen is gone.
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