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New Middle East peace effort looks doomed from the start

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Published: 17 August 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The political pressure around all three leaders - Trump, Netanyahu and Abbas – will present too many conflicting distractions

Is Trump’s Middle East peace effort dead in the water? (Foreign Policy)
President Donald Trump is sending his Middle East team, Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, back to the region this month to try to energize peace talks. But they are about to confront some hard truths about their Israeli-Palestinian peace effort. Perhaps earlier than expected, it has become clear in recent days that whatever faint hopes there were of a breakthrough, or even renewed talks, are beyond reach for now (Aug 15)

Can the lame ducks make peace? (Times of Israel)
NAOMI CHAZAN The United States has just announced that it will be dispatching its top negotiators Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt and Dina Powell to the region to restart the peace process. What will they achieve? On the surface, not much at all. But at second glance, the answer may be more complicated (Aug 14)

Jason Greenblatt's challenge (Haaretz)
SHAUL ARIELI The US envoy to Mideast peace should establish a clear framework and parameters for a final-status agreement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Aug 15)

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