White House Denying Reports That They Offered The Palestinian Authority $5 Billion In Economic Aid To Return To The Peace Talks

Trump and Abbas. (photo credit: REUTERS)

Newsweek: Donald Trump Offers Palestinians $5 Billion in Aid to Negotiate With Israel, Report Reveals

President Donald Trump’s administration offered the Palestinians $5 billion in aid if they negotiate with Israel, according to a report by the Israeli business paper Globes.

The offer was an attempt by the president’s

son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner and his special envoy Jason Greenblatt to bring Palestinians back to the negotiating table, according to the report. The two men are in charge of coming up with a Middle East peace plan that would find a solution to the longstanding dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.

Greenblatt, however, denied the claim. "Myth: Globes ‘reporting’ that POTUS is offering $5b to [Palestine] to return to the negotiating table," he tweeted.

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Update: White House denies report Trump offered Abbas $5 bil. to enter peace talks (Jerusalem Post)

WNU Editor: The White House is denying these reports. What's my take? The Palestinians do not want money. They wast a state, preferable where Israel is today.