The Arab League has rejected US proposals that would allow Israeli soldiers to be stationed on the eastern border of a future Palestinian state.
At an emergency meeting called at the request of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, Arab League’s chief, Nabil Elaraby, said that no peace deal would work with Israeli presence in a Palestinian state.
Palestinian officials say US Secretary of State John Kerry proposed earlier this month to let Israel control Palestine’s future border with Jordan for at least 10 years, to address Israeli concerns about a potential influx of militants and weapons.
Aides to Abbas have criticised the plan. One aide says the Palestinians are trying to soften the proposal to shorten the span of any Israeli withdrawal.
