Trump to Soon Present Peace Plan to Arab Leaders

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U.S. President Donald Trump plans to outline his “deal of the century” Middle East peace plan to Arab leaders at a summit before Israel’s Sept. 17 election, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, will invite the leaders to the summit at the Camp David presidential retreat during his swing through the Middle East beginning Wednesday, the newspaper said, citing an unidentified person in Washington. Kushner will hold talks in Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, it said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was involved in planning the summit, but won’t attend in an effort to make it easier for Arab leaders to come, the newspaper said. The president will present the plan in general terms, without going into details, it added.

The timing of the Camp David meeting is designed to help Netanyahu’s election campaign by presenting him as a global leader, Yedioth said. It might also soften opposition party Blue and White’s stance against joining a coalition led by Netanyahu, it said.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-31/trump-to-soon-present-peace-plan-to-arab-leaders-yedioth-says?srnd=politics-vp

[DetlefK]

1. The guy who unilaterally gave Jerusalem and Golan to Israel has a peace-plan for the Arabs.

His deal is dead on arrival.

[kentuck]

2. How else can they build their nuclear power plants?

They have to have a peace treaty.

[PJMcK]

3. Don't hold your breath

Trump is the worst deal maker.

He knows nothing about the world especially the Middle East.

There won’t be a deal because fundamentally, no one wants to compromise.

[gratuitous]

4. Meeting at Camp David? How's Trump going to turn a buck on that?

Or maybe he doesn't think the folks coming for this "summit" are good enough to stay at a Trump-branded property.

Let's see, a take-it-or-leave-it "deal of the century" cooked up with Netanyahu and Kushner, presented "in general terms." What's not to love? When it falls apart, Trump can then blame those unreasonable Arab leaders for insisting on having some input on this great, terrific deal, it's such a good deal they won't believe it, believe me!