Veteran peace hands see growing Israeli-Arab alignment in Warsaw
While the Palestinians boycotted the meeting in Poland, a number of Arab delegates showed an interest in engaging with US plans for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
WASHINGTON — If the Warsaw conference that wrapped up today only seemed to amplify differences between Donald Trump administration officials and their European allies regarding Iran, one attendee displayed high satisfaction with the event: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Veteran US peace negotiator Dennis Ross says he moderated a panel of three Arab foreign ministers at a closed-door dinner in Warsaw on Wednesday night. That was then immediately followed by Ross interviewing the Israeli prime minister, who is running for re-election in April.
“Apparently, there was a decision to have some outside people come as moderators,” Ross told Al-Monitor by email today.
“I was asked to moderate a panel of Arab ministers for the opening night and then following that discussion to interview Prime Minister Netanyahu,” Ross, now with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said. “The focus was, as you might imagine, largely on Iran.”
