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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-deal-will-trade-off-jewish-israel-for-1967-lines-report/
Report: U.S. Framework Deal to Trade "Jewish" Israel for 1967 Lines
(Times of Israel) Elhanan Miller - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will offer a framework agreement that proposes Israeli recognition of the 1967 lines as a basis for the future Palestinian state, in return for Palestinian recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people, Palestinian sources told the Saudi daily Al-Watan on Sunday. Israel "will need to live with a text speaking of the 1967 borders, and the Palestinians, for their part, will need to live with a text speaking of Israel's Jewishness," a source said. Kerry is to visit the region later this week. Talks have hit a roadblock, with Israel's demand to leave IDF forces in the Jordan Valley, and Palestinian demands for the release of Israeli citizens jailed for terrorist acts.