The past few weeks have seen the Yesha Council, the umbrella organization of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, working around the clock. Yesha Council Head David Elhayani and the local mayors have been meeting with lawmakers from across the political spectrum to present the problems rising from the map that has been attached to US President Donald Trump's "deal of the century."
The majority of our elected officials understand the problem. They see the "red areas" on the proposed outline and understand they constitute potential borders for a Palestinian state. They see the isolated communities and access roads that lead to them, the areas where a moratorium on construction will be imposed for at least four years, and the path to a potential Palestinian state.
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It is clear to everyone that the map, as presented in the US peace plan, will pose a serious hurdle to the continued development of Israeli settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley.
Recently, however, a growing number of officials have alluded that the map we have been given is not the right one. These officials argue that as the Israeli-American mapping team has yet to complete its work on the final draft and there is no way to know what it will eventually be.
This is a terrifying assumption. In less than three weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can begin accelerating the process of applying sovereignty and resuming negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, thus placing Israel on the brink of one of the greatest events in its short history.
Not since the peace treaties with Egypt or Jordan has the Jewish state faced such a significant political decision, which carries such far-reaching implications. Yet, the Israeli public and particularly the settlers know next to nothing about it.
Recent polls by Israeli media show that the Right, as well as the majority of Israeli society, oppose the formation of a Palestinian state. A situation where the government votes on and approves the "deal of the century" without sharing the information with the public is therefore very problematic.
It is time to lay all the cards on the table. The first who must be made privy to the final map showing the sovereignty plans are the people who will be most directly affected, the heads of the settlement movement. Then, the public must be made aware of the details of the plan, as must the media, which must investigate every detail of the plan, big or small.
The public has the right to know the whole truth.
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