What was Trump's role and why is this happening at the White House? If they don't want to engage, the White House seems more than happy to leave them behind. The 2002 Saudi-led Arab Peace Initiative called for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before Arab states normalized relations with Israel. And because this was pushed by the White House, it is another entry on the growing list of grievances Palestinian leaders have against Trump. The Palestinians cut off contact with the White House after the Trump administration moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem and took other pro-Israel steps.

Source: CNN September 15, 2020 09:21 UTC