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      U.S. President Donald Trump, right, holds a bilateral meeting with Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Riyadh

Senior US officials said Sunday (May 19th May 2019) that the White House will unveil the first part of President Donald Trump's long-awaited "peace between Israelis and Palestinians" plan.

 The disclosure of the plan, known as the "Deal of the Century", will come when Trump convenes an international conference in Bahrain in late June June to encourage investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to Reuters, the officials said.

 Officials said the economic workshop, to be held in Bahrain, will include government officials and business leaders in an effort to boost the economic aspect of the peace plan, which is also expected to include proposals to resolve thorny political issues, which are at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 Start the plan economically

 Trump described the next plan as the "Deal of the Century", but Palestinian officials deplored the US effort, which they believed would be heavily biased toward Israel.

 The Trump Middle East team led by his brother-in-law Jared Kouchner and his envoy to the region, Jason Greenblatt, apparently intends to focus on potential economic benefits, although there are deep suspicions among experts about the chances of success of the plan, especially in the light of the failure of past decades-long efforts by Washington.

 "We believe it is an opportunity to take the economic plan we have been working on for a long time now and to present it to the region," Reuters quoted a senior official in the Trump administration as saying.

 The official said the conference, hosted by Manama on June 25-26 June, is expected to take part in business representatives and executives from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

 But another US official refrained from saying whether Israeli and Palestinian officials would participate in the conference.

 CNN quoted a US official as saying that the plan includes four components: infrastructure, industry, empowerment, and investment in people, as well as government reforms, to create an attractive environment for investment in the region.

Financing from the Gulf states

 The New York Time newspaper said that the Trump is not expected to attend the conference in Bahrain, and expected the Treasury secretary, Stephen Manchin, to head the US delegation, noting that other countries participating in the Conference will be represented by finance ministers, not foreign ministers, to emphasize more on the side Economic.

 The idea of the United States is to secure financial commitments from rich Gulf countries and donors in Europe and Asia to urge the Palestinians and their allies to make political concessions to resolve the conflict, the US newspaper said.

 The White House had indicated that it was seeking tens of billions of dollars but did not specify a precise figure. Diplomats and lawmakers were told that the goal was to secure 68 billion dollars for Palestinians, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, the paper said.

 Abu Yusuf, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that "the Palestinian position is clear, namely, not to participate at all in the economic segment, nor the political part of this agreement."

 Palestinians reject plan
The PA has been boycotting U.S. peace efforts since late 2017, when Trump decided to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in a reversal of a US policy for decades.

 The Palestinians cling to Jerusalem as the capital of their hoped-for state, based on the resolutions of international legality, which do not recognize Israel's occupation of the city in 1967, nor its annexation in 1981.

 The senior US official, quoted by Reuters, said many of the Palestinian business leaders have "shown great interest" in the conference.

 "We have not yet received an invitation," said a spokesman for Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Khaldun.

 Earlier, US officials said the "Deal of the century" plan would be announced after the end of Ramadan in early June June.

 But the announcement of the workshop, in which investors will participate, seems to pave the way for the plan to be put on more than one stage, starting with the economic plan in late June/June, and later the political proposals have yet to be determined.

 The senior US official also said that the Conference will prove to the people of Gaza that "there are donor countries in the world, willing to come and inject investments."

 Palestinian fears

 The Trump administration is seeking the support of Arab governments. The plan is likely to call for billions of dollars in financial support for the Palestinians, mostly from the oil-rich Gulf states, according to people familiar with the discussions.

 Saudi Arabia has assured its Arab allies that it will not agree to any US plan that does not meet the main demands of the Palestinians.

 Although the drafters insist that only a handful of close associates know exactly what it contains, the Trump aides disclosed that it would address key political issues, such as the status of Jerusalem, and said they expected both Israelis and Palestinians to criticize some of the proposals.

 At a meeting attended by the United Nations recently, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said the United States was apparently preparing a plan for Palestinian surrender to Israel, insisting that there was no money that could make it acceptable.

 One of the basic concerns of the Palestinians is whether the plan will meet their basic demand for an independent state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Kouchner refrained from clarifying whether the plan contained a two-state solution.

The "Deal of the Century" begins in Bahrain with a conference in which America will reveal a part

      U.S. President Donald Trump, right, holds a bilateral meeting with Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Riyadh

Senior US officials said Sunday (May 19th May 2019) that the White House will unveil the first part of President Donald Trump's long-awaited "peace between Israelis and Palestinians" plan.

 The disclosure of the plan, known as the "Deal of the Century", will come when Trump convenes an international conference in Bahrain in late June June to encourage investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to Reuters, the officials said.

 Officials said the economic workshop, to be held in Bahrain, will include government officials and business leaders in an effort to boost the economic aspect of the peace plan, which is also expected to include proposals to resolve thorny political issues, which are at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 Start the plan economically

 Trump described the next plan as the "Deal of the Century", but Palestinian officials deplored the US effort, which they believed would be heavily biased toward Israel.

 The Trump Middle East team led by his brother-in-law Jared Kouchner and his envoy to the region, Jason Greenblatt, apparently intends to focus on potential economic benefits, although there are deep suspicions among experts about the chances of success of the plan, especially in the light of the failure of past decades-long efforts by Washington.

 "We believe it is an opportunity to take the economic plan we have been working on for a long time now and to present it to the region," Reuters quoted a senior official in the Trump administration as saying.

 The official said the conference, hosted by Manama on June 25-26 June, is expected to take part in business representatives and executives from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

 But another US official refrained from saying whether Israeli and Palestinian officials would participate in the conference.

 CNN quoted a US official as saying that the plan includes four components: infrastructure, industry, empowerment, and investment in people, as well as government reforms, to create an attractive environment for investment in the region.

Financing from the Gulf states

 The New York Time newspaper said that the Trump is not expected to attend the conference in Bahrain, and expected the Treasury secretary, Stephen Manchin, to head the US delegation, noting that other countries participating in the Conference will be represented by finance ministers, not foreign ministers, to emphasize more on the side Economic.

 The idea of the United States is to secure financial commitments from rich Gulf countries and donors in Europe and Asia to urge the Palestinians and their allies to make political concessions to resolve the conflict, the US newspaper said.

 The White House had indicated that it was seeking tens of billions of dollars but did not specify a precise figure. Diplomats and lawmakers were told that the goal was to secure 68 billion dollars for Palestinians, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, the paper said.

 Abu Yusuf, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that "the Palestinian position is clear, namely, not to participate at all in the economic segment, nor the political part of this agreement."

 Palestinians reject plan
The PA has been boycotting U.S. peace efforts since late 2017, when Trump decided to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in a reversal of a US policy for decades.

 The Palestinians cling to Jerusalem as the capital of their hoped-for state, based on the resolutions of international legality, which do not recognize Israel's occupation of the city in 1967, nor its annexation in 1981.

 The senior US official, quoted by Reuters, said many of the Palestinian business leaders have "shown great interest" in the conference.

 "We have not yet received an invitation," said a spokesman for Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Khaldun.

 Earlier, US officials said the "Deal of the century" plan would be announced after the end of Ramadan in early June June.

 But the announcement of the workshop, in which investors will participate, seems to pave the way for the plan to be put on more than one stage, starting with the economic plan in late June/June, and later the political proposals have yet to be determined.

 The senior US official also said that the Conference will prove to the people of Gaza that "there are donor countries in the world, willing to come and inject investments."

 Palestinian fears

 The Trump administration is seeking the support of Arab governments. The plan is likely to call for billions of dollars in financial support for the Palestinians, mostly from the oil-rich Gulf states, according to people familiar with the discussions.

 Saudi Arabia has assured its Arab allies that it will not agree to any US plan that does not meet the main demands of the Palestinians.

 Although the drafters insist that only a handful of close associates know exactly what it contains, the Trump aides disclosed that it would address key political issues, such as the status of Jerusalem, and said they expected both Israelis and Palestinians to criticize some of the proposals.

 At a meeting attended by the United Nations recently, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said the United States was apparently preparing a plan for Palestinian surrender to Israel, insisting that there was no money that could make it acceptable.

 One of the basic concerns of the Palestinians is whether the plan will meet their basic demand for an independent state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Kouchner refrained from clarifying whether the plan contained a two-state solution.
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