Obama's Israel squeeze: Worse than you know

From News From Jerusalem: 

A U.S. proposal for a deal with the Palestinian Authority did not include an Israeli lease for part of the strategic Jordan Valley as widely reported, according to a senior PA official speaking to WND.

The PA official said the proposed deal from the Obama administration instead gave most of that territory entirely to Palestinian control.

The official was referring to a report from Israel's Army Radio US which claimed the Obama administration proposed that Israel relinquish the Jordan Valley to the Palestinians and that the Jewish state would lease back parts of the valley from the Palestinians for a up to seven years.

According to that report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to the idea, but asked for the arrangement for the lease to be longer than seven years.

The PA official told WND the Obama administration instead has adopted the Palestinian position that the Jordan Valley should become part of a future Palestinian state entirely.

The official said the U.S. had proposed that international troops, along with Jordanian and Palestinian forces, would patrol the area. The official said discussions would be held with Israel for special security arrangements in the Jordan Valley to be determined.