Obama's Israel envoy sees positive elements in Trump's peace efforts


  • World
  • Thursday, 23 Mar 2017

Daniel Shapiro, former U.S Ambassador to Israel, poses for a picture during his interview with Reuters at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, Israel March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Two months after stepping down as Barack Obama's ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro sees some good in the initial peace efforts by the new administration of Donald Trump, even as he voices his grievances against it.

"So far the approach on the Israeli-Palestinian issue has been more cautious and more responsible than almost anything else,” Shapiro told Reuters.

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