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Greenblatt to Palestinians: "What You've Been Promised Is Probably Not Achievable"

(Fox News) Eric Shawn - Jason Greenblatt, the president's point man on peace in the Middle East, told Fox News in an interview: "We want tremendous lives for the Palestinians. We want lives that mirror the lives of Israelis as long as we can keep everybody secure. We are not going to get there with slogans." The administration sponsored a "Peace to Prosperity" workshop in Bahrain on June 25 to bolster the Palestinian economy. "Not only did the Palestinian Authority boycott the conference themselves, they tried to undermine the conference by asking others not to go. What a tremendous opportunity that they missed." "Nobody is here to force something on them that doesn't work, but we are also...direct enough to say what you've been promised is probably not achievable." "Nobody can force a deal on either side but, similarly, the deal that you want is just not there, so the only way you are going to get better lives is by sitting down directly with the Israelis." "None of us can get the Palestinians and the Israelis to agree on a deal if they don't want to do that deal. It's not for America, it's not for the European Union, it's not for anyone who is interested in this conflict to make decisions for the Israelis or the Palestinians." "We don't live there, we don't suffer there, we don't fight there, we don't die there. It's really up to the two sides to do [a deal]."
2019-07-29 00:00:00
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