Israel agreed to grant the Palestinians 88 percent of the West Bank at the failed Camp David talks, according to a “very senior source” traveling on Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s plane to Israel from Washington. The source, quoted by Israel Radio, also said Israel had proposed that a Palestinian capital be established adjacent to the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem and be under Palestinian municipal rule, but with Israeli law still in effect.
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