12/11/2017

ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP PEOPLE/JARED KUSHNER: “European Union officials warned the Trump administration not to go it alone in its Middle East peace efforts as the bloc’s foreign ministers said they wouldn’t follow the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
EU foreign ministers on Monday [12-10-17] morning met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was making his first official trip to the bloc’s capital, to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
The U.S. has been working on a peace plan, which officials say it intends to present in 2018.
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and Jason Greenblatt, the president’s chief negotiator, have spent months meeting with the Israelis, Palestinians and other Arab officials to get input for their plan, which they are crafting.
EU foreign- policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday afternoon said the U.S. is an indispensable player in any peace processl but warned that Washington must secure international backing for its eventual proposals…
The EU has a role in the peace process as one of the members of the Quartet group, which also includes the U.S., the United Nations and Russia, tasked with advancing the peace process.
Any peace proposal would need buy-in from regional countries willing to eventually recognize Israel in exchange for peace. It would also need strong international backing to help enforce and implement any agreement.”

-Laurence Norman, “EU Officials Urge U.S. to Not Go It Alone on Mideast Peace Efforts,” The Wall Street Journal online, Dec. 11, 2017 12:55pm