Netanyahu Says Trump Peace Plan Will Be Released ‘Immediately’ After Elections

• Netanyahu Says Trump Peace Plan Will Be Released ‘Immediately’ After Elections
  by TOI STAFF, https://www.timesofisrael.com/
  Prime minister tells Likud backers long-awaited US proposal to resume Israeli-Palestinian negotiations to roll out right after September 17 vote
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  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s peace plan will be released “immediately” after Israel’s elections later this month. Netanyahu made the remark at a Likud campaign event in the northern city of Kiryat Ata, while assailing his political rivals for their positions on Iran and an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
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  “Who do you want to be dealing with talks over the Deal of the Century of President [Donald] Trump, which will be coming in just a bit, immediately after the elections?” he asked supporters. He did not give a specific date for the release of the long-delayed proposal.
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  Last Wednesday, US special envoy Jason Greenblatt tweeted that the Trump administration had decided against releasing the plan until after elections, after Trump appeared to toy with the idea of rolling it out before the September 17 vote.
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  At a campaign event last week, Netanyahu said that the administration’s peace deal “will be presented to the world after the election. I believe it will likely be very soon after the election.”
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  Last month, Trump was asked by reporters at the G7 summit whether he planned to introduce the political portion of his administration’s peace plan before Israel’s elections. He first said, “No of course not,” but moments later added, “but I think you may see what the deal is before the election,” sparking confusion as to Washington’s intentions.
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