Report: Liberman told PA details of statehood in Trump's peace plan
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: JANUARY 2, 2019 09:06Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announces his departure, November 14, 2018(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
Avigdor Liberman, during his tenure as Israel's defense minister, told Palestinian Authority officials that US President Donald Trump's peace plan would include a Palestinian state in Gaza, Area A, and parts of Areas B and C in the West Bank, according to a report in the London-based Al Hayat newspaper.The plan reportedly also would give Israel control over a large parts of east Jerusalem. Liberman told PA officials that money would be transferred to them from several countries to establish various infrastructures, such as an airport, seaport and various border crossings.The issues of borders, security arrangements, water and the Jordan Valley were also discussed according to the report. According to the sources Liberman met with PA officials two weeks before his resignation.Liberman resigned as defense minister in November, protesting a ceasefire with Hamas.
