“Congratulations to the new Palestinian Authority Cabinet,” tweeted Jason Greenblatt, assistant to US President Donald Trump and special representative for international negotiations. “With the experience of those on the list, we hope we will be able to work together toward peace and improving Palestinian lives. They say 84-year-old Abbas, in power since 2005, retains the real decision-making authority. It comes as the Trump administration is expected to finally publish a long-delayed peace plan. The peace plan is being developed by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, an Orthodox Jew whose close family ties to Netanyahu have heightened Palestinian suspicions over whether the US administration can serve as an honest broker.

Source: The Express Tribune April 15, 2019 06:45 UTC