...After a meeting with Abbas last week, an Arab League official said the PA president would not agree to even one Israeli soldier on the Palestinian-Jordanian border. He also indicated that Abbas refuses to acquiesce to a completely demilitarized Palestinian state, or recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, both key Israeli demands. Abbas would consent to a three-year Israeli military withdrawal process from the territories, according to an agreed-upon timeline, the official said.
The PA president is demanding control of “all East Jerusalem,” which would become the Palestinian capital, and would be open to one-for-one land swaps to adjust the Green Line, provided the territory to be swapped was of equivalent value, the official added.
Concerned that a final status agreement may not be possible by the end of the nine-month period that the two sides accepted when they resumed talks in July, Kerry in his recent visits aimed to push forward a framework accord that would contain the principles of a comprehensive pact. If an outline were achieved, the negotiations could be extended beyond the nine-month timeline...
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