WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his Middle East peace plan to Israeli leaders on Monday as Palestinian officials decried it as a bid “to finish off” the Palestinian cause. Palestinian leaders say they were not invited to Washington and that no peace plan can work without them. Ahead of the US-Israeli meetings, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Trump and Netanyahu were using the plan as a distraction from their domestic troubles. Palestinians have refused to engage the Trump administration and denounced its first stage – a $50-billion economic revival plan announced last June. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said Washington can no longer be regarded as an honest mediator, accusing it of pro-Israel bias.

Source: Pakistan Today January 27, 2020 15:45 UTC