"This is a realistic proposal and different way forwardג€¦ which needs to be looked at broadly in the international community," Senator Sam Brownback (Rep.-Kansas) said.He called the plan, which proposes recognizing Jordan as the sole representative of the Palestinians instead of the Palestinian Authority, and calls for the dismantling of UNRWA and the Palestinian refugee camps and the rehabilitation of the Palestinian refugees "bold, aggressive, clear and workable."
The conservative American senator noted that while he does not endorse all aspects of the plan - specifically regarding the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority - it could be the basis for a positive discussion for the long-term relations between Israel and the Palestinians.
"Land for peace does not work," Brownback said, citing Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as a case in point.
Elon said that the long-term proposal constituted a "real deep conceptual change," which required time, energy, and funding."This is a national and international information campaign," Elon said Wednesday at a Jerusalem press conference which included videotaped remarks of the Republican senator.
"If Israel will not be in Judea and Samaria," Elon said, using the Biblical names for the West Bank, "then Hamas will be there."
Elon is expected to present his plan called "The Israeli Initiative: The Right Road to Peace" to President Shimon Peres and Israeli legislators from across the political spectrum in the next few days.
He also has been holding meetings with parliamentarians and officials around the world in an effort to promote his proposal in the international arena.
"We have had enough cocktail parties at the White House with the Nobel prize winner [former PLO head Yasser] Arafat," Elon said.
"Now is the time for a real conceptual change," he concluded.
Originally published on JPost.com
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