JERUSALEM — White House adviser Jared Kushner on Thursday kicked off
a renewed push by the Trump administration to restart Mideast peace
talks amid signs of growing Palestinian impatience with a lack of
progress so far.
Kushner, who is President Donald Trump's
son-in-law, was holding separate talks with the Israeli and Palestinian
leaders, seeking to breathe life into a White House effort that appears
to have gotten off to a slow start. That effort has been further
complicated by domestic troubles for Trump, Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
After initially welcoming the election of
Trump, the Palestinians have expressed increasing frustration with what
they say is a failure by the U.S. president to offer a clear vision for
peace. Specifically, they are seeking a halt in Israeli settlement
construction on occupied lands, and an American commitment to the
establishment of an independent Palestinian state as part of a peace
deal with Israel.
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Source: NBC News
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