(Washington Post) Anne Gearan - The Trump administration is close to releasing a peace proposal that officials said would present U.S. goals for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians, despite the Palestinian position that President Trump cannot be an honest broker. "If he [Abbas] doesn't give it a read, if he just sticks with the language which he's been saying publicly, such as the U.S. is out [as a peacemaker] and that he won't even look at it, that type of language, well shame on him," a senior Trump administration official said. "How does that help the Palestinian people?" The decision to release the plan with no indication that Abbas will entertain it is one sign that the Trump administration is looking past the 82-year-old leader.
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