JERUSALEM — A leading Israeli venture capital firm said Wednesday it has hired the Trump administration's former Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt as a business developer for the region. OurCrowd said the former attorney for Donald Trump will be acting as a partner responsible for “building ties with the Middle East region.”Greenblatt was the architect of Trump's recently unveiled Mideast plan that largely favored Israel. He worked as the White House's special representative for international negotiations until resigning in October 2019. Greenblatt told The Associated Press his focus would be on cultivating investment from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain — all countries that have developed behind-the-scenes relations with Israel in recent years, and who were to be key investors in the economic development side of the Trump administration's Mideast plan.

Source: International New York Times February 26, 2020 11:26 UTC