US hosts Mideast peace conference in Poland, but Palestinians are a no-show
by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Feb 14, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday opened a highly promoted international conference on peace in the Middle East, but some central players, the Palestinians, were a no-show.
Representatives of about 60 countries, including several Arab states, planned to attend, but a number of European nations sent low-level delegations to protest U.S. policy. The conference in Warsaw was to focus not only on dim prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace but also on Iran, which the Trump administration regards as the primary force for destabilization in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump and his
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