Tag: Trump Administration
White House: Egypt, Jordan and Morocco to attend Bahrain summit
Egypt, Jordan and Morocco are expected to attend the Bahrain economic summit on June 25-26 as part of the first part of the Trump administration’s long-awaited Mideast peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the...
Bahrain conundrum: Will the Trump administration succeed in its first phase of Arab-Israeli peacemaking?
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s return to the election drawing board, it sent political shockwaves throughout the country. It also proved shocking for the Trump administration since the government coalition failure...
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...
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...
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...
Palestinians reject invitation to economic workshop in Bahrain related to peace plan
The Palestinian Authority officially rejected an invitation by the United States on Wednesday to attend an economic workshop in the Bahrain’s capital, Manama, next month related to the Trump administration’s Mideast peace proposal between the Israelis...
UAE and Saudi Arabia on docket to attend Mideast peace conference in Bahrain
Following an announcement Sunday that Bahrain and the United States will host an economic leadership “workshop” to “share ideas, discuss strategies and galvanize support for potential economic investments and initiatives that could be made...
Greenblatt says even before launch of Mideast peace plan, PA ‘acting in shameful manner’
U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt urged the Palestinians to stop their boycott of the U.S. administration and help make next month’s peace conference in Bahrain a success.
The “Peace to Prosperity” workshop will focus...
White House says Mideast plan begins with economic workshop in Bahrain
The Trump administration will roll out the first part of its highly anticipated Mideast peace plan between Israelis and Palestinians, dubbed the “deal of the century,” in late June at a conference in Bahrain...
A memo to Jared Kushner
A recent report indicates that U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, suggested in a confidential email over a year ago that then U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other policy makers read...