Old wine in new bottles? U.S. economic plans for Palestinians recall past efforts


  • World
  • Monday, 24 Jun 2019

Palestinians gather beneath a shade as they wait on the Israeli side of Erez crossing, on the border with Gaza June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - Several major projects in U.S. President Donald Trump's $50 billion economic blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian peace mirror previous proposals stalled by conflict, analysts said on Sunday.

The plan, spearheaded by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, calls for the creation of a global investment fund to boost the Palestinian and neighbouring Arab state economies with some 179 infrastructure and business projects.

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