Politics
Trump’s Mideast Peace Push to Start Without Israel, Palestine
- Summit is more about economy than politics, U.S. official says
- Meeting this month seen as key step in Kushner peace effort
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Israeli officials won’t take part in a U.S.-led economic summit in Bahrain this month, an event seen as a first step in the Middle East peace plan being developed by the White House.
The decision against going to Bahrain was made in coordination between Israel and the U.S., an official in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.