US Middle East Envoy Greenblatt to Step Down After Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Released

• US Middle East Envoy Greenblatt to Step Down After Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Released
  by NEWS WIRES, https://www.france24.com/en/
  Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, plans to resign once the long-delayed U.S. peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians that he has been working on is released, officials said on Thursday.
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  Greenblatt, who had intended to stay only two years when he began working at the White House in early 2017, is eager to return to his wife and six children who stayed behind at their home in New Jersey, the officials said.
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  Greenblatt and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, as well as the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, have led the effort to develop a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians and have spent the entire Trump presidency working on the project.
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  Described by Trump as the “deal of the century,” Palestinians have been deeply skeptical of the Republican president’s plan to solve the Israel-Palestinian dispute, one of the world’s most intractable diplomatic and political disagreements.
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  So far, the White House has outlined a $50 billion redevelopment plan for the Palestinians and neighboring countries but have yet to release their proposals for resolving difficult political issues like the status of Jerusalem.
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  U.S. officials said the political plan is now complete and will be made public when appropriate. Trump has said he will release it some time after Israel holds an election on Sept. 17 that will decide the fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close Trump ally.
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