Rejected by Abbas, it would have ceded more than 94% of Judea and Samaria.
A BBC documentary reveals for the first time the map for a two-state solution that former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said he presented to PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas in 2008.
The Palestinian leader rejected the peace proposal, which would have ceded more than 94% of Judea and Samaria for a Palestinian state, with Israel annexing 4.9% of the area to retain the areas of major Israeli communities. In exchange, Israel would cede equivalent territory adjacent to Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The two parts of the Palestinian state would be connected via a tunnel or highway.
“This is the first time that I expose this map to the media,” Olmert said in the series by documentary filmmaker Norma Percy, titled “Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October.” It is available in the U.K. via BBC iPlayer.