Maariv newspaper on Friday morning reported that US president Donald Trump’s new peace plan would include Israel giving the Palestinian Authority (PA) four of Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods.
The Hebrew newspaper said that the plan was revealed to Israel’s War Minister Avigdor Lieberman during his latest visit to Washington and it includes giving Shu’fat Jabal al-Mukaber al-Isawiya and Abu Dis neighborhoods to the PA.
These neighborhoods would form the capital of a future Palestinian state the paper added.
The US plan known as the deal of the century has been revealed so far to senior Israeli officials only. According to Maariv the US expects Israel to accept the plan and the “painful concessions” it entails.
The plan does not include Jerusalem’s Old City which will be recognized as an international territory.
Maariv noted that the US has pledged unconditional support for Israel on the political and military levels in case a war breaks out between Israel and Iran.
A French diplomat told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that Trump’s plan includes the establishment of a Palestinian state on the ruins of 40% of the West Bank with East Jerusalem (the four neighborhoods) as its capital.
He added that it is likely that giving up the four neighborhoods is the first stage of the implementation of the US plan.
