Paper Says Peres Offered Hussein Secret Peace Plan
An Israeli newspaper reported today that Prime Minister Shimon Peres proposed to Jordan an interim peace plan calling for joint rule of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and autonomy for Palestinians who live there.
The report was denied by Uri Savir, spokesman for Peres. “The report is not true and there was no such message to (Jordan’s King) Hussein,” Savir said.
The independent daily Haaretz said Hussein accepted main points of the secret plan but insisted on international approval as a condition for his final agreement.
Under the plan, according to the newspaper, the 750,000 Palestinians in the West Bank would elect an autonomous council to conduct all aspects of daily life under a joint Israeli-Jordanian council.
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