The London-based pan-Arabic newspaper Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that elements in Arab countries and international bodies are exerting pressure on the Palestinian Authority to participate in the conference in Bahrain initiated by the Trump government, at which the economic portion of its peace plan for the Middle East will be unveiled.
The PA announced for the first time officially, Wednesday evening, that all Palestine Liberation Organization factions, factions not part of the PLO, the private sector and all national figures, would not participate in the "economic workshop".