<article data-history-node-id="448815" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-opposition-leader-calls-jordanian-israeli-control-over-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-opposition-leader-calls-jordanian-israeli-control-over-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli opposition leader calls for Jordanian-Israeli control over West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli opposition leader Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday called for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to be dismantled and for an Israeli-Jordanian confederation to control parts of the West Bank currently under the PA's control, according to Haaretz.</p> <p>Lieberman, chairman of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, presented a plan titled "Israel's Endgame in the West Bank and Gaza".</p> <p>Under it, Israel would apply sovereignty over Area C, which makes up about 60 percent of the occupied West Bank and remains under full Israeli control.</p> <p>The plan proposes an Israeli-Jordanian confederation in Areas A and B, where the PA exercises limited control.</p> <p>Jordan would run civilian affairs and policing there, while Israel would keep "full security responsibility" across the entire territory, according to Lieberman's plan.</p> <p>He also called for control of the Gaza Strip to be handed to an "external party", which he did not specify.</p> <p>Under international law, the entire territory covering Areas A, B and C is Palestinian land and all Israeli settlements on them are illegal. The vast majority of Israel’s 700,000 settlers live illegally in Area C.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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