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Source: http://www.npr.org/2017/06/21/533764388/jared-kushner-starts-israeli-palestinian-peace-effort
U.S. Envoy Jason Greenblatt Came to Listen More than to Lecture
(NPR) Steve Inskeep - Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, described his meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt on Wednesday. "Unlike emissaries from Washington that we're used to receiving here in the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt came to listen more than to lecture. It was quite refreshing, and he's meeting with a wide range of Israelis and Palestinians from across the political spectrum....He wanted to know what I thought the realistic options were for an agreement." Asked what the Trump administration can do to promote peace, Halevi said, "Expand Israeli-Palestinian negotiations to the region. Bring in the Arab countries. This is not going to be a bilateral agreement. This can only work in the context of Arab states supporting a peace agreement and normalizing relations with Israel, accepting Israel as an indigenous part of the Middle East."