A new
United States Middle East settlement plan was published Tuesday at the White
House website.
The document, entitled “Peace for Prosperity.
A Vision on How to Improve the Life of Palestinians and Israelis,” is over 180
pages long. “This vision is the most
realistic solution to the problem that has plagued the region for too long. It
creates the path to prosperity, security, and dignity of all participants of
the conflict,” the White House website says.
The plan, which the US administration calls
the "deal of the century," consists of two parts: economic and
political. Economic aspects were
announced back last summer, and the details of the political component became
known only now. The plan is based on the
mutual recognition of the two states.
Particular attention is also paid to the status of Jerusalem, border
issues, security guarantees, a free trade zone, prisoners and refugees, and
rules for further negotiations.
Among other things, the United States proposes
to inextricably link Palestinian territory consisting of Gaza and the West
Bank, with high-speed transport links, and recognize East Jerusalem as the
capital of a Palestinian state. At the
same time, US President Donald Trump, speaking on Tuesday at the White House
along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called all of Jerusalem
the "indivisible capital" of Israel and announced the US intention to
recognize Jewish settlements as Israeli territory.
As the conditions of the peace process, the
American president called the Palestinian authorities’s refusal to support the
Hamas radical movement in Gaza, as well as methods of armed struggle. At the same time, Washington insists on a
four-year “freeze” program for the construction of Jewish settlements on
Palestinian territory. In support of the
settlement, the United States is offering $ 50 billion in investment.
Netanyahu supported Trump's proposal and
expressed his readiness to immediately begin peace negotiations with the
Palestinians. Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas rejected the proposals of the US president and called them a conspiracy
that would not work, and Hamas said the plan was not worth the ink spent on it.
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