Seven (7) Year False Covenant of ‘Peace and Security’: In reversal, Gantz wants Trump to move up peace plan rollout

With Kushner set to visit Jerusalem, Blue and White chief says he expects US proposal ‘will be released very soon’

Times of Israel, January 21, 2020

Gantz reversal on peace plan release followed angry messages from US — report

Blue and White chair Benny Gantz reversed his opposition to a potential roll-out of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan before Israel’s upcoming elections after receiving angry messages from the White House, the Walla news site reports.

Following a meeting earlier this month with Avi Berkowitz, Trump’s peace envoy, Gantz declared during a faction meeting that releasing the plan before March 2 would constitute election interference.

“The Americans were very angry that his declaration was made publicly,” Blue and White sources tell the news site.

Earlier today, Gantz said he expects the US peace plan to be revealed soon and that he hope Trump moves up the release date.

Gantz says he hopes Trump will move up peace plan roll-out

Blue and White chair Benny Gantz says he hopes US President Donald Trump will soon release his Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, amid growing speculation it could be rolled out before Israel’s upcoming elections.

“I hope the president will move up [the roll-out] and I expect the plan will be released very soon,” Gantz tells reporters while visiting the Jordan Valley.

Gantz, who has previously said the White House should hold off on releasing the plan until after the March 2 elections, is expected to meet this week with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the US administration’s pointman for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.

Kushner will be in Jerusalem alongside dozens of world leaders for the World Holocaust Forum. He will also likely meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.