Published: 14 February 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Despite ostensible failure at UN, Trump plan has restored Abbas’s leadership (Times of Israel)
The Palestinian leader has regained his people’s support; the Israeli right is wrong to claim he was never a partner, and Netanyahu is to blame for the two-state solution’s demise
Olmert and Abbas meet in New York, urge direct talks as Trump plan rejected (Times of Israel)
Netanyahu slams meeting as ‘low point in Israeli history’; PA leader says he’s willing to pick up negotiations from where he left off with former Israeli PM in 2008
"I'm not jealous": Former Israeli leader Ehud Olmert says he hopes Trump's Mideast peace plan succeeds (CBS)
US envoy at UN: Trump Mideast peace plan is subject to changes (Haaretz)
Palestinian President Abbas tells Security Council that 'the plan rewards the occupation,' describes future state envisioned by Trump as 'Swiss cheese'
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Egyptian delegation warns Hamas to stop supporting Iranian interests (Jerusalem Post)
During the meeting, Egypt told Hamas to avoid supporting any militias that harm the region and expressed reservations about the relationship between Hamas, Iran and the Hezbollah terrorist group
Photo: President Abbas, left, and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert hold a briefing in New York on February 11 (Bryan Smith/AFP)
