The Israeli Foreign Ministry has prepared a classified report with recommendations for a diplomatic initiative to re-establish negotiations with the Palestinian Authority(PA), Israel Radio reported Monday, cited by Haaretz newspaper.
The report was conducted by the ministry’s center for diplomatic research.
The report proposes a "generous" transfer of additional land to the PA that would have been included in the third Israeli army redeployment scheduled in the 1993 Oslo Accords.
It also proposes entering into negotiations with the Palestinians to reach a further interim agreement and implementing immediate measures to ease the army stranglehold on the Palestinian population.
The report also includes an analysis of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s personality, and notes ways in which “pressure could be brought to bear on the Palestinian leader.”
Hawkish Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi said that the report was "an embarrassment to the Sharon government that was founded by the majority of the nation saying 'no' to (Foreign Minister Shimon) Peres," according to Haaretz.
Adding that the "paper deserves be filed in the drawer with the Oslo-Munich files...We need to take back what we have already given them and not give them any more (land)." – Albawaba.com
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