Jason Greenblatt, who was in charge of the White House to establish a peace plan to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Territories, announced his resignation Thursday (September 5th).
"After nearly three years in my administration, Jason Greenblatt will leave to join the private sector," said the US president on Twitter. "Jason has been loyal and a great friend and lawyer, and his dedication to Israel and the search for peace between Israel and the Palestinians will not be forgotten."
He who had the official title of "Special Representative for International Negotiations" said in a statement that it had been "the privilege of a lifetime" to work in the White House. "I'm really grateful to have worked to try to improve the lives of millions of Israelis, Palestinians and others," he then tweeted.
Along with Jared Kushner, US President's son-in-law and advisor, Jason Greenblatt had the difficult task of coming up with ways to end decades of conflict, with Donald Trump promising to succeed where all his predecessors failed.
At the end of August, he had announced that this plan, concocted for two and a half years in the greatest secrecy and whose presentation was repeatedly postponed, would not be unveiled before the legislative elections in Israel scheduled for 17 September.
A special adviser very close to Israel
The economic component was presented in June: 50 billion international investments in the Palestinian Territories and neighboring Arab countries over ten years. But Palestinian leaders, who have refused to talk to the Trump administration since the US president recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and cut off most of the bilateral aid, rejected the US plan in advance.
Before the election of the Republican businessman at the White House in late 2016, Jason Greenblatt had been his legal adviser to the Trump Organization for two decades.
Considered very close to Israel, he had attracted the wrath of European diplomats at the UN in July, lambasting with harsh words, before the Security Council, the "international consensus" on ways to end the conflict. Israel-Palestine.
"A lasting and comprehensive peace will not be decreed by international law or by these verbose and unclear resolutions," he said, in a new flagrant takeover of the United States with the United Nations.
With AFP