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Bahrain: Kushner upbeat about Palestinian plan; EU unimpressed

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Published: 28 June 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As US adviser rejects criticism of his proposals in wrapping up the conference, diplomats privately hold little hope and Europeans suspicious of financial burden of American ambition

Wrapping up Bahrain summit, Kushner says door still open to Palestinians on plan (Times of Israel)
Trump senior adviser rejects criticism of US peace proposal, vows ‘to stay optimistic’; American envoy: ‘We’ve received excellent feedback, people are inspired’

Jared Kushner's 'deal of the century' fails to materialise in Bahrain (Guardian)
MARTIN CHULOV: Senior adviser to Trump found no interest in his proposals for ending Israel/Palestine conflict

While US talks, Europe pays: EU following Bahrain gathering with dose of suspicion (Haaretz)
Multi-billion-dollar investments are being talked about, but European taxpayers are the ones footing the bill for existing projects in the Palestinian territories – while the US keeps slashing the budget

In West Bank, Palestinians march against US-led peace conference in Bahrain (Times of Israel)
PLO official asserts that summit in Manama seeks to write off the Palestinian issue as an economic matter; protesters in Bethlehem burn a hanging effigy of Trump

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On fringes of peace confab, rare prayer service brings Bahrain synagogue to life (Times of Israel)
Afterward, worshippers break out in song, hear Torah sermon as Houda Nonoo, a Jewish woman who served as Bahrain’s US ambassador, marvels: ‘It’s a historic moment’

Photo: Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar talks to an Israeli radio journalist in Manama, Bahrain, June 25 (Reuters/Matt Spetalnick)
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