(Times of Israel) President Trump offered to meet PA President Abbas later this month on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in an attempt to rectify their troubled ties, Israel's Hadashot TV reported. However, Abbas responded that he would only accept such a meeting in return for significant diplomatic gestures. In addition, he demanded that Trump fire his Middle East negotiating team, including envoy Jason Greenblatt and senior adviser Jared Kushner. The Trump administration has now indicated that its peace proposal will not be unveiled until after the U.S. midterm elections in November and possibly not until well into 2019.
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