by Fares Akram, Emad Drimly RAMALLAH, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian officials are concerned that Israeli pressures may succeed in making crucial changes on a European proposal to divide Jerusalem for the Jewish state and the future Palestinian statehood. Sweden, which holds the European Union's (EU) rotating presidency, is scheduled to put forward the offer in the EU's foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the executive committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that several EU countries were affected by an Israeli diplomatic campaign and had requested amendments to the Swedish plan. According to Majdalani, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Hungary and Czech Republic had reservations on the Swedish proposal and other countries demanded amendments due to Israeli pressure which came in cooperation with the U.S. administration. 'The Palestinian leadership was surprised by the position of those countries and their stance will affect their future role as sponsors of peace,' Majdalani told Xinhua. Earlier, Sweden said that EU foreign ministers will issue a statement showing the steps they will take to help resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) according to a proposal calling for making East Jerusalem the capital of the future Palestinian state. Majdalani said the Swedish plan was 'an important proposal that could be built on politically, adding that the PNA is making contacts to push for the adoption of it. Meanwhile, Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian peace negotiator, said Israel 'works strongly to block the EU resolution because it contradicts with its policies in settlement, imposing facts on the ground and annexing Jerusalem.' 'So, we say that any country calling for the two-state solution must recognize the 1967 borders as the boundaries of the future Palestinian state and East Jerusalem as its capital,' Erekat added, referring to Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem that Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East war. Moreover, Mustafa al-Barghouti, a Palestinian lawmaker, called on the EU to impose sanctions on Israel, otherwise 'it will continue to act like a thief and pirate and annexing the Palestinian lands.' Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have stopped for nearly a year and efforts to revive them fail due to Israel's refusal to halt the construction of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The PNA has recently decided to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state in a bid to put pressure on Israel to stop the settlement activities. For this reason, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is embarking on a regional tour Sunday to lobby support for the Palestinian quest at the UN Security Council. Earlier, Abbas has visited Latin America for the same goal. 