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.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria's deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs pose for family photo at the Middle East conference at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - RC15EF32E9B0
In the front row, from left to right, US Vice President Mike Pence, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, who is also deputy prime minister for judicial reform, pose for a family photo at the Middle East conference at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 13, 2019. - REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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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.

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