Middle East peace plan in days: Trump

Washington - The economic part of the plan was shared in June.

US President Donald Trump has said he will release a long-delayed plan for Mideast peace before a meeting in Washington next week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Probably we'll release it a little bit prior to that," the US leader told reporters travelling with him to Florida on board Air Force One on Thursday, referring to the White House meeting on Tuesday.
"It's a great plan. It's a plan that really would work," he added.
The Palestinians, who were not invited to the White House meeting with Netanyahu, immediately rejected the US-hosted talks, as they reject the peace plan itself, which has been in the works since 2017. Its release has been delayed repeatedly.
The economic part of the plan was shared in June and calls for $50 billion in international investment in the Palestinian territories and neighbouring Arab countries over 10 years.
The Palestinians, who refuse to talk to the Trump administration since he recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reject the peace plan because it seems to bury the two-state solution that for decades has been the cornerstone of international diplomacy aimed at the two.
On the plane Trump said he was pleased that both Netanyahu and his main electoral rival Benny Gantz, head of the centrist Blue and White party, would come to the White House in the middle of the campaign for Israeli elections on March 2.
"We have both candidates coming - unheard of," Trump said.
Asked if he had contacted the Palestinians, Trump said: "We've spoken to them briefly. But we will speak to them in a period of time."
"And they have a lot of incentive to do it. I'm sure they maybe will react negatively at first but it's actually very positive for them," Trump said.

• MENA