US Ambassador Friedman, traveling with Ambassador Bolton yesterday, referred to the US peace plan timing: "I'd say within the next several months. We want to release it a way that gives it the best chance of getting a good reception." Israeli elections "are a factor, but not the only factor."
Friedman said the contents are "pretty much completed," but there is additional "wordsmithing and smoothing."
"The challenge to a peace plan is making the case for a much more sober assessment of the realities in this region.
"The last time there was a meaningful agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians was 1993. A lot's happened since 1993.”