Q&A: Why Bolton's pick adds to obstacles for US Mideast plan - AP
AP reports: "The list of obstacles to a long-awaited U.S. plan for an
Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has grown longer in recent days.
Contentious relations between the Trump administration and Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas are bound to deteriorate further with incoming
National Security Adviser John Bolton, who has said Palestinians would
be better off being absorbed by Egypt and Jordan than having their own
state. Meanwhile, U.S.-backed efforts to negotiate a deal sidelining
Hamas in the Gaza Strip appear to have collapsed, raising new questions
about the territory said to be at the center of any U.S. plan.
Coupled with Abbas’ refusal to engage with the Trump administration,
these developments exacerbate fundamental challenges to any proposals
coming from Washington."
Comment: This is a good politically correct overview of where things stand right now in the peace process.
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