'Palestinian leadership should no longer have a veto on what happens to this land and to the Israelis living there,' said former Trump Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt.
Over the past three years, Greenblatt has taken a leading role strengthening U.S.-Israel ties and building bridges between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbors.
President Donald Trump appointed a new U.S. Envoy to the Middle East after Jason Greenblatt's departure from the administration was announced last week.
'I am incredibly grateful to have been part of a team that drafted a vision for peace,' said U.S. Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt upon his resignation.
Ahead of the Bahrain summit, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt clarified that the Trump administration does not intend to impose a plan.
Terror groups are to blame for the suffering of the residents of the Gaza Strip, Jason Greenblatt said, adding that UNRWA has failed the Palestinian people.
'While the plan is close to complete, we aren’t there yet,' Trump's Middle East envoy said, commenting on a report that Trump's "deal of the century" is done.
The initiative promoted by Minister Katz would establish a link from Haifa’s port to Jordan’s railway system and to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States.
Greenblatt called 'completely false' a report that Trump plans to rebuke Netanyahu for increasing security coordination with Russia and stalling the US peace plan.
'The PA chose not to condemn the heinous murder of Yotam Ovadia (not surprising), but instead condemned US Ambassador to Israel for conveying POTUS’s condolences...Nothing more to say'!' Greenblatt charged.
'American ideas or deals that bypass the Palestinian leadership’s position on Jerusalem, statehood and refugees will only lead to a dead end,' Abu Rudeineh said of Trump's peace plan.
On Friday President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt got down to business with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to work on the long-awaited US peace plan.
'How can the international community help when murderous Hamas leaders continue to squander the resources of Gaza? The people deserve better,' Greenblatt charged.
American Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt derided Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' failure to mention the Jewish people's connection to Jerusalem in a speech this week.
'Hamas literally undermines Gaza’s chance for success—building a terror tunnel under a crossing to Israel that should be a conduit toward a better economy,' Greenblatt said of Hamas' terrorism.
In Washington, Abbas signaled he would abandon the strategy he pursued in recent years seeking unilateral statehood recognition on the international stage.
Trump's chief adviser on international relations is on an "orientation trip" to Jerusalem and Ramallah in order to 'gain perspective' and hear 'both sides.'
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