Tag: Mideast Peace Plan
How Bahrain Conference can lead to peace
The return of Israel to election mode is no reason to change the Trump administration’s plans for the U.S.-led economic conference set for Bahrain in late June. The Palestinian decision to boycott the meeting...
Pompeo: Mideast peace plan being one-sided ‘inaccurate,’ ‘fundamentally untrue
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed back on Monday in response to criticism over his remarks last week in a private meeting with Jewish leaders, audio of which was leaked to and reported...
Kushner says Palestinians deserve ‘self-determination,’ stops short of endorsing state
White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner expressed support for Palestinians to have “self-determination,” though stopped short of endorsing a Palestinian state.
“I do think they should have self-determination,” he told Axios in an interview...
Report: Pompeo says as situation stands, Mideast peace plan is ‘unexecutable’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo apparently acknowledged in a closed-door meeting in New York last week that the Trump administration’s highly anticipated peace proposal between the Israelis and the Palestinians may not be...
Trump calls Israeli politics ‘ridiculous,’ tells Israel to ‘get their act together’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Israel’s return to national elections just six months after the previous one is “ridiculous” and “all messed up,” but added that there is a “good chance”...
Trump administration to release Mideast peace plan ‘when the timing is right’
As Israel heads to the polls on Sept. 17, the fate of the release of the Trump administration’s entire Mideast peace plan for the Israelis and the Palestinians remains to be seen, an administration...
Netanyahu meets with Kushner and Greenblatt ahead of peace plan rollout
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Israel with White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt on Thursday ahead of next month’s...
Abbas: Trump administration peace proposal can ‘go to hell’
“The ‘deal of the century,’ or the deal of disgrace, will go to hell,” said Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a ceremony in Ramallah on Monday.
Speaking of the U.S.-sponsored conference in Bahrain scheduled...
Kushner to visit Israel ahead of US Mideast peace proposal
White House senior adviser and presidential son-in law Jared Kushner is expected to visit Israel next week ahead of the rollout of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace proposal for the Israelis and Palestinians, reported...
In anticipation of Mideast peace plan, Jordanian press calls for third intifada
Ahead of the announcement of the American Middle East peace plan being called the “deal of the century,” and in light of concerns in Jordan that the deal may threaten the kingdom’s stability, scathing...