Washington, Feb. 3 (ANI): President Mahmoud Abbas has said the new Palestinian state would not have an army, leaving NATO in charge of security.
Abbas said he has proposed to Secretary of State John Kerry a U.S.-led NATO force patrol a future Palestinian state indefinitely.
Abbas said in an interview with The New York Times that Israeli soldiers could remain in the West Bank for up to five years.
He added Jewish settlements should be phased out of the new Palestinian state along a similar timetable.
He said Palestine would not have its own army, only a police force, so the NATO mission would be responsible for preventing the weapons smuggling and terrorism that Israel fears, the report added. (ANI)
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