As US peace plan rollout approaches, Palestinians voice rejection
Even before the long-touted US Middle East peace plan is announced, Palestinian officials have already rejected the deal, saying it will inevitably favor Israel.
As the rollout for the United States’ long-expected Middle East vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace approaches, Palestinian voices rejecting the process and the authors of the plan have risen.
A White House official speaking to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity stressed that the US peace team has “written a vision for peace comprised of many pages — enough for each Israeli and Palestinian to read and imagine what peace could look like and what their lives could be if we succeed.”
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser who is spearheading efforts to formulate the deal, has said the it would be released after the April 9 Israeli elections. It is not clear if the announcement will be made immediately after the vote or if the US team will wait until a government is formed and confirmed by the Israeli Knesset.
The White House official noted that the US plan, referred to in the Arabic press as the “deal of the century,” is “dozens of pages long and not a simple two- to three-page” plan.
