Israel laid out a vision for an “impossible” border during exploratory talks with the Palestinians in Amman this month, a Palestinian official told AFP on Sunday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Israeli officials presented principles for their policy on future borders during the final round of the discussions organised by Jordan and the peacemaking Quartet. They presented a vision that would closely follow the line of Israel’s controversial security barrier and leave all of Jerusalem inside Israel, he said.
“They said to us, Jerusalem is out of the question. Large numbers of settlers will stay in the West Bank. They were talking about impossible borders,” the official said. “They didn’t specifically mention the wall, but the details can be interpreted as them using the wall for the border,” he added. The Palestinians have long complained that Israel built the barrier with the intention of eventually turning it into an international border.
