US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would likely wait until after Israel's Sept. 17 elections to release his administration's long-awaited peace plan for the Middle East.
"We will probably wait for the release of the Middle East peace plan until after the Israeli elections," Trump told reporters, adding that the US might "release small parts of it beforehand."
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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, is the chief architect of a proposed $50 billion economic development plan for the Palestinians, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon that is designed to create peace in the region.
The plan's long-awaited roll out was postponed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, having failed to cobble together a coalition following his party's win in the April 9 election, called a second election, set to take place on Sept. 17.
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The US is likely to give the winner a chance to form a government before presenting the plan, something that could add several weeks to the timetable.
The political aspects of the plan have so far been kept under wraps and no details have been published as to how it may tackle key issues such as a potential independent Palestinian state, Israeli control in Judea and Samaria, the fate of Jerusalem and the so-called "right of return" for Palestinians.
