Post by Paddy by Grace on May 29, 2009 3:52:18 GMT -7
Etgar Lefkovits
The Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2009
Brownback Endorses Elon Peace Plan
(originally published by Jerusalem Post on Oct. 10, 2007)
US Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback has voiced support for a Mideast peace plan put forward by MK Benny Elon (National Union-NRP) that maintains Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and would recognize Jordan as the official representative of the Palestinians.
"This is a realistic proposal and different way forward...which needs to be looked at broadly in the international community," Kansas Senator Sam Brownback said in a videotaped message shown Wednesday at a Jerusalem press conference.
Elon`s plan calls for recognizing the Kingdom of Jordan as the sole representative of the Palestinians instead of the Palestinian Authority, dismantling UNRWA and the Palestinian refugee camps and the rehabilitation of Palestinian refugees elsewhere.
Brownback called the plan "bold, aggressive, clear and workable."
The conservative American senator who has close ties to the Christian Right in the US noted that while he does not endorse all aspects of the plan - specifically regarding the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority - it could be the basis for a positive discussion for long-term relations between Israel and the Palestinians.
"Land for peace does not work," Brownback said, citing Israel`s 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as a case in point.
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The Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2009
Brownback Endorses Elon Peace Plan
(originally published by Jerusalem Post on Oct. 10, 2007)
US Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback has voiced support for a Mideast peace plan put forward by MK Benny Elon (National Union-NRP) that maintains Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank and would recognize Jordan as the official representative of the Palestinians.
"This is a realistic proposal and different way forward...which needs to be looked at broadly in the international community," Kansas Senator Sam Brownback said in a videotaped message shown Wednesday at a Jerusalem press conference.
Elon`s plan calls for recognizing the Kingdom of Jordan as the sole representative of the Palestinians instead of the Palestinian Authority, dismantling UNRWA and the Palestinian refugee camps and the rehabilitation of Palestinian refugees elsewhere.
Brownback called the plan "bold, aggressive, clear and workable."
The conservative American senator who has close ties to the Christian Right in the US noted that while he does not endorse all aspects of the plan - specifically regarding the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority - it could be the basis for a positive discussion for long-term relations between Israel and the Palestinians.
"Land for peace does not work," Brownback said, citing Israel`s 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as a case in point.
Click here for the complete article, or copy and paste this link into your web browser:
www.israelunitycoalition.org/news/article.php?id=4076