The US president has said the peace plan drawn up by his team – two former personal lawyers and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner – will be ready to unveil by the end of January. For Palestinians – and many Israelis – a peace deal is a sideshow. Trump has also said Israel will have to “pay a price” for peace, although has not specified what that would be. Trump’s team will know that from Israel’s perspective there is very little appetite for peace compared with the past. Israeli minister dismisses Trump peace plan as 'waste of time' Read moreIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is acutely aware of public sentiment as an election approaches, has said he does not see “any urgency” on Trump revealing his peace plan.

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2019 04:52 UTC