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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/kerrys-framework-reportedly-left-abbas-fuming-in-paris/
Report: Abbas Calls Kerry's Framework Proposal "Insanity"
(Times of Israel) PA President Mahmoud Abbas left a two-day meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris last week fuming over Kerry's proposals for a framework accord between Israel and the Palestinians, the Palestinian daily Al Quds reported on Wednesday. Kerry reportedly offered for Abbas to form a Palestinian capital in the Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Hanina, and suggested that Israel keep 10 settlement blocs. The Jordan Valley would not be part of a future Palestinian state, Palestinian sources said, nor would there be an international force stationed there. And Kerry reportedly demanded that the Palestinians recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. Abbas reportedly exploded with rage over Kerry's proposals and described them as "insanity."