28.01.2012                      04.Schwat. 5772                      Bo

Friedensgespräche:

PA officials: Israeli border proposal a non-starter

PLO source says Israeli proposal for borders and security calls for "a Palestinian state made up of a wall and settlements".

Palestinian officials said Friday that Israel's presentation of its ideas for border and security arrangements of a future Palestinian state at a meeting in Amman on Wednesday was a non-starter, envisaging a fenced-off territory of cantons that would preserve most Jewish settlements.
Israel's envoy to the talks, Yitzhak Molcho, outlined Wednesday night for the Palestinians the principles and parameters that will guide Israel's policy on border issues, an Israeli government official said. According to the official, Molcho did not draw a line on a map, but rather spoke in general principles about what Israel would take into consideration when drawing that line….