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Israeli, Palestinian representatives propose 2-state confederation to work towards peace efforts

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Israeli security forces deploy as Palestinians plant olive trees on their land with the help of Israeli peace activists. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images) Israeli and Palestinian public figures have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts.The plan includes several controversial proposals, and it's unclear if it has any support among leaders on either side.

But it could help shape the debate over the conflict and will be presented to a senior U.S. official and the U.N. secretary-general this week.The plan calls for an independent state of Palestine in most of the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, territories Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war.

Israel and Palestine would have separate governments but coordinate at a very high level on security, infrastructure and other issues that affect both populations.The plan would allow the nearly 500,000 Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank to remain there, with large settlements near the border annexed to Israel in a one-to-one land swap.Settlers living deep inside the West Bank would be given the option of relocating or becoming permanent residents in the state of Palestine.

The same number of Palestinians — likely refugees from the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation — would be allowed to relocate to Israel as citizens of Palestine with permanent residency in Israel.The initiative is largely based on the Geneva Accord, a detailed, comprehensive peace plan drawn up in 2003 by prominent Israelis and Palestinians, including former officials.

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