JERUSALEM POST
Netanyahu Discussed Settlement Exchange Plan With US
by Herb Keinon
July 27, 2017

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed with Washington in recent weeks the idea of redrawing the borders in any future agreement with the Palestinians, incorporating the major settlement blocs into Israel, while drawing out the heavily populated Israeli-Arab area of Wadi Ara and making it part of a future Palestinian state, a senior diplomatic official confirmed on Thursday. The discussions, first reported by Channel 2, mean that Netanyahu in conversations with US President Donald Trump advisers Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt has adopted a proposal put forward years ago by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman. Israeli-Arab politicians have vehemently opposed any plans to redraw the map in such a way that many Israeli Arabs would become citizens of a future Palestinian state. READ MORE