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U.S. Peace Plan Says to the Palestinians: "Time Is Not on Your Side"
(Times of Israel) Raoul Wootliff - Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and new CEO William Daroff spoke with the Times of Israel on Thursday. Hoenlein called the new U.S. peace plan "a thoughtful approach....There are aspects you may not like, but one has to recognize that it's a legitimate proposal that for the first time says the onus isn't just on Israel." According to Daroff, "a great benefit of this plan is that we were talking about a peace process. You have Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu talking about a two-state solution." Hoenlein continued: "This is the first time it says to the Palestinians, time is not on your side anymore. No more excuses. You can't keep saying I'm going to appeal to the Europeans, I'm going to appeal to others and avoid the responsibility and deliver us Israel on a silver platter." The Palestinians "say they don't like the deal. Fine. Go to the table and negotiate it out....Everywhere we'd go in the Arab world you'd hear that they're tired of the issue. They want to have relations with Israel. They think this is a big drain on them."