President Trump's Middle East plan is a refreshing change, writes Jon Lerner for CNNOpinion
Jon Lerner is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and served as deputy to UN Ambassador Nikki Haley in 2017-18. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
In his recent CNN.com article, Aaron David Miller claims to know the"real" goals of the Trump Middle East peace plan. This is strange, because Miller has not seen the plan or been involved with its creation. I have. Miller grossly mischaracterized the administration's goals. Not once, but three times, he claims the administration's policies are aimed at pleasing domestic political constituencies and he mentions"wealthy Jewish donors." This is a more polished, but no less wrong, version of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's infamous anti-Semitic trope that support for Israel is"all about the Benjamins.
Why Palestinians are rejecting Trump's Bahrain workshop 03:06Critics will quickly point out that an economic plan alone won't bring peace. No one disputes that. The administration's extensive and detailed ideas on the thorny final status issues will be revealed soon.But while political leaders gravitate toward the hottest button issues, no one should sell short the importance economic conditions play in the lives of ordinary people.
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