Can Bahrain “Deal of the Century” Meeting Achieve Anything Tangible?

• Can Bahrain “Deal of the Century” Meeting Achieve Anything Tangible?
  by https://www.trtworld.com/
  Experts do not think that the Bahrain “economic workshop” could produce anything good to address the Palestinian conflict except galvanising regional cooperation among Israel’s Arab allies.
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  Washington has decided to make a move for its long-drummed peace plan for Palestinians and Israelis through an “economic workshop” that aims to rally wealthy investors from Europe and the Middle East in Bahrain next month to lay out a financial plan.
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  Nine months ago, US President Donald Trump pledged that his administration would come up with a concrete plan, which he referred to as the “deal of the century”. Since then, however, there has been no clear disclosure about details of the ambitious plan, making many experts suspicious on the true intentions of the Trump administration, which has been well-known with its strong, pro-Israeli stances.
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  Trump’s plan has been developed and will have been apparently implemented by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and his senior adviser, who is also a wealthy Jewish-American businessman with close relations to Israel’s hardliner Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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  “Economic progress can only be achieved with a solid economic vision and if the core political issues are resolved. We look forward to presenting our vision on ways to bridge the core political issues very soon,” Kushner said.
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  Despite Kushner’s emphasis on the importance of resolving “core political issues”, there will be no discussion on them at the Bahrain meeting, according to American officials. Palestinian authorities have also said that they have not been discussed about the meeting at all. Palestinian Authority said that it will boycott the meeting.
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