A New American Peace Proposal Could Be Very Bad for Israel
At stake: Israel’s security and sovereign existence.
June 23, 2017
A New American Peace Proposal Could Be Very Bad for Israel
At stake: Israel’s security and sovereign existence.
The White House may well be considering the revival of a plan for the creation of a Palestinian state authored by the American general John Allen during the Obama administration. The plan calls for Israel’s withdrawal to a modified version of the pre-1967 borders, leaving the major settlement blocs in Israeli hands but not allowing for an IDF presence in the Jordan Valley. To counter the threat to the Jewish state (and to Jordan) that this arrangement would pose, a U.S. force would be permanently stationed along the Jordan River. Gershon Hacohen finds this proposal less than reassuring:
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