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Kushner Unveils $50 Billion 'Peace to Prosperity' Plan for Mideast

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - The White House on Saturday outlined a $50 billion Middle
   East economic plan that would create a global investment fund to lift
   the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies, and fund a $5
   billion transportation corridor to connect the West Bank and Gaza.

   The "peace to prosperity" plan, set to be presented by White House
   senior adviser Jared Kushner at an international conference in Bahrain
   next week, includes 179 infrastructure and business projects, according
   to details of the plan and interviews with U.S. officials. The approach
   toward reviving the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process was
   criticized by the Palestinians Saturday.

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