Palestinians reject Jared Kushner’s $50bn Middle East economic plan
Riyadh reiterated that any peace deal should be based on a Saudi-led Arab peace initiative that calls for a Palestinian state
26 June 2019 - 11:55
Manama — Palestinians poured scorn on a $50bn economic formula launched by the Trump administration for Israeli-Palestinian peace as the US on Wednesday sought to win support for the plan as a foundation to ending the decades-old conflict.
US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner opened an international meeting in Bahrain on Tuesday evening by urging Palestinians, whose leadership is boycotting the event, to think outside the “traditional box” for an economic pathway he said was a precondition for peace...
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