7-27-2015 MK moots peace plan that lets settlers stay in Palestinian state Raphael Ahren Times of Israel

http://www.timesofisrael.com/mk-moots-peace-plan-that-lets-settlers-stay-in-palestinian-state/

…Bar, a deputy Knesset speaker and second-term lawmaker from the Labor party, presented his blueprint of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a lengthy event in the Knesset. His initiative was welcomed by opposition leader and Labor chairman Isaac Herzog and the list's number two, former peace negotiator Tzipi Livni…

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