The joint US-Israel committee tasked with mapping the areas in which Israel would apply its sovereignty is ready to start working.
A senior official in the Trump administration confirmed to Israel Hayom that President Donald Trump appointed the US members of the committee. They are: US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman; Friedman's senior adviser Aryeh Lightstone; and Scott Leith, who is the director of Israeli and Palestinian affairs the National Security Council.
Trump's appointments were announced a day after Israel announced who would represent it on the committee: Tourism Minister Yariv Levin; Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer; and the Prime Minister's Office Acting Director General Ronen Peretz.,
The joint committee, which was announced by Trump during the rollout of the administration's peace plan at the White House several weeks ago, was tasked with drawing a map of the specific areas that would come under Israeli sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, as well as in Judea and Samaria.
US and Israeli sources said immediately after the release of the details of the Vision for Peace that the map it included was only a conceptual map and did not reflect the exact future borders. The map is also called a conceptual map in the plan.
