Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly confirmed on Sunday that he attended a secret summit held last year with Egyptian Jordanian and American participation for pushing forward regional peace within an initiative made by then-US secretary of state John Kerry.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper reported on Sunday a news article on the secret meeting that was held a year ago in Jordan with the participation of US secretary of state John Kerry King of Jordan Abdullah II and Egypt’s President Abdulfattah al-Sisi.
During the clandestine summit which was held on February 21 2016 in the Jordanian Sea resort of Aqaba according to Haaretz’s report Kerry presented a regional peace initiative which included recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and the establishment of the State of Palestine within the borders of 1967 occupied Palestinian territories that would renew negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Speaking to his ministers on Sunday Netanyahu responded to the report by implying that Kerry had not initiated the plan but rather he had.
