U.S. Envoy Jason Greenblatt Meets Israeli, Palestinian Officials Following Trump Trip

Real estate attorney and Donald Trump's Israeli advisor Jason Greenblatt attends the
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The Jerusalem Post reports: US Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt returned to Israel on Thursday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas to follow up on conversations they each had with President Donald Trump during his visit.

The Prime Minister’s Office provided no details of the meeting. It did, however, deny a report that the US was pushing Israel to transfer parts of Area C – areas under full Israeli military and civil control in northern Samaria – to Area B, territory under Israeli security control but under Palestinian administrative jurisdiction.

According to Channel 10, the US was pressing for this move as a goodwill step toward the Palestinians that would go beyond what the security cabinet approved Sunday, just prior to Trump’s arrival.

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