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Haaretz: Trump may expect Riyadh to invest in peace deal, but Saudi dollars come at a high price, by Zvi Bar’el

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US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” will plant its first post in June in the Bahraini capital of Manama, and it’s very likely to be the post on which the entire deal will rest.

The conference’s aim, according to American media reports, is to raise $68 billion to invest in the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. It is unknown how much each country is meant to receive, or who is going to contribute such huge sums. It won’t be the United States. Perhaps it will be Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates; perhaps European countries, or perhaps no one.

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