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| Subject: Pompous-Pompeo and Palestinians Have ‘Nothing to Discuss’ Amid Gazaschwitz Crisis Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:51 pm | |
| TEL AVIV, Israel — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came to Israel Sunday in the midst of the worst crisis in relations between Israelis and Palestinians in years, but he did not meet a single Palestinian representative and mentioned them publicly once.
For decades, American diplomats saw themselves as brokers between the two sides, and secretaries of state typically met Palestinian representatives on regional tours like this one. When relations between the two sides deteriorated, the United States sought to bridge the divide.
No more.
No one at the State Department called Palestinian leaders to ask for a get-together with Mr. Pompeo, according to Palestinian officials. And that may be because the Americans knew the answer they would have gotten: No.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/middleeast/mike-pompeo-israel-palestinians.html
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