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U.S. to Approve Israeli Annexations within Months If Palestinians Don't Negotiate
(Axios) Barak Ravid - Jared Kushner told senators in a closed-door briefing Wednesday that the Trump administration is pressing ahead with its Middle East peace plan, even with the Palestinians boycotting the process, White House officials tell me. The administration is urging the Palestinians to negotiate, warning that its current plan will move forward without their input if they don't. Kushner said the mapping and demarcation process will take months, and that the Palestinians could improve the proposal by negotiating, but the U.S. will otherwise move ahead without their input. A joint U.S.-Israel mapping committee convened in Jerusalem two weeks ago to begin discussing the demarcation of areas in the West Bank to be recognized as part of Israel. The White House feels that because Prime Minister Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, his primary rival, both support the plan, it can move ahead.