‘A Frankenstein creation’: Saudi prince says US peace plan takes away Palestine’s heart and soul – By Sam Meredith (CNBC) / Feb 11 2020
Key Points
- The U.S. unveiled its long-awaited peace initiative for an Israeli-Palestinian deal with great fanfare late last month.
- The proposal, which Trump delivered standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would give Israel most of what it has sought during decades of conflict.
- “What I have seen so far of that deal is that it is trying to make of Palestine what I can call a Frankenstein creation,” Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki Al Faisal told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan is a “monstrous conception” of a Palestinian state that is not going to progress any further, according to a former chief of Saudi intelligence.
The U.S. unveiled its long-awaited peace initiative for an Israeli-Palestinian deal with great fanfare late last month.
The proposal, which Trump delivered standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would give Israel most of what it has sought during decades of conflict. This includes the disputed city of Jerusalem and recognition of Israeli sovereignty over settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Palestine has rejected the U.S. proposal outright, while Israel strongly supports it.
“What I have seen so far of that deal is that it is trying to make of Palestine what I can call a Frankenstein creation,” Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki Al Faisal told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the Milken Institute MENA Summit in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
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