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US Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Talks Leaving White House

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   WASHINGTON - Jason Greenblatt, U.S. President Donald Trump's top envoy
   for talks between Israel and the Palestinians, said Thursday he will
   soon leave the White House even though no date has been set for the
   release of a U.S. peace plan for the region.

   Greenblatt, a former lawyer for Trump's global business empire, had
   joined Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, a White House adviser, in the
   effort to broker peace between the Jewish state and the Palestinians.

   The Trump administration proposed a $50 billion economic investment
   plan to help Palestinians, unveiling it at a conference in Bahrain in
   June. But the Palestinians boycotted the conference, scorning it since
   it was not accompanied by a plan for a division of lands in the region,
   including Israeli-occupied territories where Palestinians live. The
   White House did not invite the Israelis to attend.

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