
 The Middle  East peace plan that United States President Barack Obama will unveil soon  involves the creation of a Palestinian Authority state by 2011 and the transfer  of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem [presumably including the Temple Mount – ed  to Arab-Muslim sovereignty, Saudi newspaper Al-Ukaz has  learned.
According to the report published Sunday in Al-Ukaz,  the Obama plan also includes the following elements:Some parts of eastern  Jerusalem [presumably Neveh Yaakov, Pisgat Ze'ev and the like - ed would be  transferred to Israeli control. There would be an international presence in the  Jordan Valley and other parts of Judea and Samaria. The Palestinian Authority  terror organizations would be disbanded and turn into political parties. The  large settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria would not be dismantled. The fate of  smaller Jewish settlement areas would be decided in a three-month-long  negotiation period. 
A reporter for the Saudi newspaper received the  information from Hassan Harisha, the Second Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian  Authority Parliament. Harisha told him that the U.S. has handed over a draft of  the peace proposal to the PA and other Arabs for their  perusal.
The plan also calls for Judea and Samaria to be  demilitarized and for its airspace to remain under Israel control.  Israeli-Palestinian Authority security coordination would be strengthened, and  the Palestinian Authority state would not be allowed to strike military treaties  with other countries in the region.
An “agreed number” of Arab  refugees would be absorbed in the Jordan Valley area and in other parts of Judea  and Samaria – especially in the area between Ramallah and  Shechem.
An international fund would support the refugees and  Israel would release Palestinian Authority prisoners three years after a  diplomatic accord is signed.
Will he lay  out a blueprint?
The Saudi report notwithstanding, the Washington  Post's Jackson Diehl estimated Sunday that Obama will not go so far as to  present a blueprint for a peace settlement, despite being urged to do so by  several Arab governments. 
"As the U.N. General Assembly meets in late  September, Obama aims to announce the opening of a new negotiating process  between Israelis and Palestinians, along with 'confidence-building' steps by  Israel, the Palestinian Authority and a number of Arab governments," the  columnist wrote. Obama "will probably lay out at least a partial vision of the  two-state settlement that all sides now say they support, and the course that  negotiations should take. More significantly, he intends to set an ambitious  timetable for completing the peace deal -- something that will please Arabs but  may irritate Israel."