Trump’s plan envisions the Jewish state annexing key parts of the West Bank, including in the strategic Jordan Valley and all the settlements. The outline would see the eventual creation of a Palestinian state, with restricted sovereignty, over some 70 percent of the West Bank, without most of East Jerusalem, falling far short of minimal Palestinian demands. The Palestinians have firmly rejected the plan, with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calling it the “slap of the century.”
The plan has been widely criticized by European countries. The European Union on Tuesday rejected the proposal and expressed concern about Israel’s plans to annex large swaths of the West Bank that Palestinians seek for their future state. The bloc failed to pass a joint statement condemning the plan after several countries vetoed the measure, however.
In a separate statement, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell underlined the bloc’s commitment to a two-state solution based along the pre-1967 lines, with the possibility of mutually agreed-upon land swaps, made up of the State of Israel and “an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable state of Palestine.” Borrell said the US initiative “departs from these internationally agreed parameters.” -Full Report
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