US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday his long-awaited plan to achieve peace in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, drawing mixed and cautious reactions from the Arab world and international community.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned Tuesday of "the dangerous consequences of unilateral Israeli measures, such as annexation of Palestinian lands, that aim at imposing new realities on the ground.”
The establishment of Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of two-state solution is only path to comprehensive and lasting peace, he stressed in a statement.
He said Jordan remains committed to a two-state solution with a Palestinian state in all of the West Bank and with its capital in east Jerusalem. Israel captured both territories in the 1967 war.
He called for direct negotiations that solve all final status issues in a comprehensive solution in accordance with established terms of reference, the Arab peace initiative and international law.
Trump’s plan calls for the creation of a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, dependent on Palestinians taking steps to become self-governing.
The United States will recognize Israeli settlements on the occupied West Bank. In exchange, Israel would agree to accept a four-year freeze on new settlement activity while Palestinian statehood is negotiated.
Egypt urged the parties concerned with the US peace plan to study it to achieve peace.
The foreign ministry said it was important to consider the plan in a way that restores all of the rights of the Palestinian people, adding that it appreciates the continuous American efforts to reach fair and comprehensive peace to the conflict.
Britain called on Palestinian and Israeli leaders to give fair consideration to Trump’s plan.
"This is clearly a serious proposal, reflecting extensive time and effort," Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement.
"Only the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian territories can determine whether these proposals can meet the needs and aspirations of the people they represent.
"We encourage them to give these plans genuine and fair consideration, and explore whether they might prove a first step on the road back to negotiations," he said.
Liberal Israeli group Peace Now said the peace plan is “as detatched from reality as it is eye-catching” and added it will not bring stability to the region.
“The plan’s green light for Israel to annex isolated settlements in exchange for a perforated Palestinian state is unviable and would not bring stability,” the organization said in a statement issued after the president’s announcement.
The group restated its call for a two-state solution with east Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state. Any other proposal, Peace Now said, “will find its way into the dustbin of history.”
Jeremy Ben-Ami, head of the liberal pro-Israel organization J-Street, responded on Twitter by calling the proposal a “scam.”
“People of good will hear Trump say two state solution and get excited. Need to understand what Netanyahu just outlined: Israel intends to move forward with immediate application of sovereignty to 30% of the West Bank,” he said.
