Kushner: It Will Take ‘Couple Of Months’ To Prepare Maps Ahead Of Any Annexation

Jared Kushner, the chief architect of the Trump peace plan, has said that it will take “a couple of months” to complete work on detailed West Bank maps before Israel will be able to annex settlements and the Jordan Valley. After briefing the UN Security Council at a private lunch at the US Mission to the United Nations on Thursday, Kushner told a small group of journalists that he and his team will follow up with the announcement shortly that a US-Israeli commission is being established to turn its “conceptual map” into a detailed map with the goal of making sure “you can have contiguous territory” for a Palestinian state.

It can take “a couple of months” for technical teams to come up with a map, Kushner said, and during that time he and his team plan to consult with European and Middle Eastern governments to further explain the plan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to swiftly start annexing parts of the West Bank moments after the White House unveiled its peace proposal late last month. Though US Ambassador David Friedman initially backed the move, Kushner said publicly he expected Israel to wait at least until after the national vote on March 2. -Full Report

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