17 Sept 2018 - NPWJ News Digest on Middle East and North Africa Democracy

Palestinian official says U.S. will never present Middle East peace plan
Reuters, 15 Sep 2018

The United States will not present its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace any time soon and is instead trying to unilaterally change the terms of reference for any future proposal, a senior Palestinian official said on Saturday.Echoing deep scepticism among the Palestinians, Arab countries and analysts, Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, said that the Trump administration was siding with Israel on the core issues of the decades-old conflict, burying all chances for Middle East peace.