FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “After nearly a year, a Trump administration effort to devise a blueprint for Middle East peace has yet to materialize and now faces a growing array of obstacles even before it has been unveiled, experts and diplomats say.
White House adviser Jared Kushner, who has been leading the effort, and chief U.S. negotiator Jason Greenblatt have been pressing ahead with what officials describe as a detailed plan that will address core Mideast issues, such as security and borders, after shuttling across the region last year for ideas.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other officials have said the plan is almost finished and that it will be up to President Donald Trump to decide when to present it.
Last month, Messrs. Kushner and Greenblatt met with the United Nations Security Council, but provided no details of the blueprint at the meeting… Among the obstacles facing the peace plan, mistrust of the Trump administration by Palestinians and their Arab allies has grown, and both the American and Israeli leaders are beset by political and legal problems.”
-Felicia Schwartz, “Kushner-led Mideast-Peace Plan Faces Growing Difficulty Even Before Arrival,” The Wall Street Journal online, Mar. 4, 2018 07:00am