(Times of Israel) Although the U.S. is "incredibly close" to Israel, it is nonetheless "an honest broker" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told Israel's Hadashot news in an interview in his new office at the embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Friedman said he believed the Palestinian leadership "will have no choice but to pursue" the Trump peace plan if the proposal can offer a "more optimistic, more promising future to the Palestinian people." He made plain that the U.S. would not impose terms on the sides, but said that if the Palestinians refused to even sit down and discuss peace terms, "I can't imagine that would be well received in the White House."
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