The White House on Thursday denied an Israeli TV report which said that President Donald Trump had sent World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder to convince Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders to return to the negotiating table with Israel.
Responding to the report, National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said, according to Israel Hayom, that “Lauder is a friend of the President but he was not sent by the White House to meet with the Palestinians on the President’s behalf, secretly or otherwise.”
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