White House Gaza conference is underway, sans the Palestinians

A senior White House official says the White House’s conference on aiding the beleaguered Gaza Strip has begun.

The statement lists the following countries and organizations attending:

Bahrain, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, the EU, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, the Quartet, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, and the United Nations.

Missing, of course, is the Palestinian Authority itself, which is boycotting the event amid its general boycott of American officials, following Trump’s December 9 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

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