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January 28, 2020Jerusalem will remain "sovereign and undivided capital of the State of Israel". This is what the peace plan released by the White House predicts after Trump's announcement. The "sovereign capital of the State of Palestine" will rise, according to the plan, in the areas of eastern Jerusalem that lie beyond the existing separation barrier between the Israeli and Palestinian sides. In particular, the plan indicates the future area of the Palestinian capital in areas such as Kafr Aqab, the eastern part of Shuafat or Abu Dis. "These - it was underlined in the plan - can be called Al Quds (as the Palestinians indicate Jerusalem) or with the name that will be chosen by the Palestinian state".In essence, the current Israeli borders of united Jerusalem remain unchanged because "the return to a divided Jerusalem", as it was before the 1967 war, when Israel conquered the east of Jordan to Jordan, "would be a serious mistake".
If a physical separation of the city "must be avoided", the plan for this claims that the current barrier that already divides the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem from the rest of the city "must remain standing". "And it must serve - it is underlined - as a border between the capitals of the two sides".
As for the so-called 'Sacred Mile' - which contains the Wailing Wall, the Esplanade of the Mosques and the Holy Sepulcher, all in the east of the city under Israeli control - the plan foresees that it is "the Jewish State to have to safeguard the Holy places of all ", thus maintaining" the status quo ".