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Trump sent Ron Lauder to meet PA officials without informing Israel — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump sent businessman Ronald Lauder for secret meetings with Palestinian Authority officials without notifying Jerusalem, Hadashot TV reports.
Lauder’s meetings with Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and intelligence chief Majed Faraj, among others, were meant to convince them to persuade PA President Mahmoud Abbas to cooperate with Trump’s yet-unveiled peace plan, according to the report.
The message the US administration wished to convey was: “It will be worth it to resume negotiations, the ‘Deal of the Century’ will pleasantly surprise him.”
The step wasn’t coordinated with Israel, or even with Trump’s negotiations team members Jason Greenblatt and Jared Kushner, the report says.
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