Palestinians refuse to meet with Trump's adviser, so he's tweeting them

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Source: Washington Post

Palestinians refuse to meet with Trump’s adviser, so he’s tweeting them

By Ruth Eglash February 3 at 9:20 AM

JERUSALEM — It’s been more than a year since senior Palestinian officials have agreed to meet or even speak with representatives of the Trump administration, but now President Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, appears to have adopted a new diplomatic channel:

Twitter.

During the past few weeks, Greenblatt has been tweeting his thoughts, requests and criticisms to those Palestinian leaders who are active on the popular social media platform.

This weekend, he seemed to confirm his new brand of tweet-diplomacy, writing:

“And who says the U.S. and the P.A. aren’t talking? The only difference now is that we are speaking about these matters in public via twitter so the public can understand everyone’s positions. Transparency is better for all.”

Link to tweet

Since December 2017, when Trump announced he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and transfer the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv — a move considered highly controversial and one-sided by the Palestinians — leaders and peace negotiators from the Palestinian side have waved off all U.S. diplomatic efforts.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/02/03/palestinians-refuse-meet-with-trumps-adviser-so-hes-tweeting-them/

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1. They can always block him. n/t