12 years later, Olmert plan discussions could resume
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in New York to discuss reviving the Olmert plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a press conference Feb. 11 in New York City to oppose the US peace plan known as the "deal of the century" and to discuss reviving the Olmert plan to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The two sides had negotiated the Olmert plan in 2008 before Olmert was forced to resign in September 2008 amid corruption allegations. This put the negotiations on hold.
The press conference was held on the sidelines of the special session of the United Nations Security Council, which was held Feb. 11, to discuss the US peace plan. During the session, Abbas announced his rejection of the US plan and presented a document signed by 300 Israeli officers who reject the US peace plan.
At the press conference, Abbas said he is ready to pick up negotiations from where he left off with Olmert in 2008 under the umbrella of international legitimacy and not on the basis of the Israeli and US “plan of annexation.”
