‘New U.S. plan calls for demilitarized Palestine’ 18Aug09 August 19, 2009
Haaretz
18 August 2009
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss on Tuesday a new initiative which would see a demilitarized Palestinian state set within amended 1967 borders and Jerusalem as its shared capital with Israel, according to the London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi.
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The initiative, which was reportedly raised by past U.S. president Jimmy Carter, former secretary of state James Baker and former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, would also have Palestinians concede on their demand for the right of return, in exchange for compensation.
Mubarak arrived in Washington on Monday for his first White House talks. He met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after arriving and is set to meet with Obama on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a few months ago that he would endorse the concept of a Palestinian state, so long as it were demilitarized.
While the suggestion initially raised criticism board, Netanyahu said in June that he could see it gaining international ground and was the only feasible solution for Middle East peace.
“The idea of a demilitarized state will in course become accepted,” Netanyahu said after meeting the leaders of France and Italy.
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