Chairman David Elhayani of the Yesha Council called on Sunday to shelve United States President Donald Trump's diplomatic plan for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, less than a week after it was announced.
Interviewed by public radio, Elhayani said, "I was wrong in a big way. The Americans misled us. I was in Washington, we sat with a senior Trump administration official who told us, 'If within 48 hours the Palestinians do not join the agreement, you can apply sovereignty.'." He added, "The fact at the moment is that there is zero sovereignty and without the consent of the Americans, Netanyahu cannot annex a millimeter. This agreement must be taken and thrown in the garbage. It poses an existential danger to the State of Israel."