Phase one of US Middle East peace plan greeted with scepticism
by Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4HXKE)
No Israelis or Palestinians present for launch of plan that shreds decades of diplomacy
The first phase of the Trump administration's long-awaited peace plan for Israel and Palestine has been rolled out to scepticism, anger and outright derision.
A conference hall of regional officials - with no Israelis or Palestinians present - was the first to hear details of the US-brokered deal, an economic blueprint that shreds decades of diplomacy and which even its mooted financial backers seemed reluctant to embrace.
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