Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that the United States would present a Middle East peace plan within weeks and that Israel should accept it.
“In the coming weeks, their plan will be formulated and presented to the parties,” Barak said, according to a spokesman for Israel’s parliament who briefed reporters on the defense chief’s remarks to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
“I believe that Israel must take the lead in accepting the plan,” Barak was quoted as saying. Read the full story at HAARETZ.com.
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