The pause threatens to stall implementation of ‌Trump's flagship #MiddleEast “peace” initiative, which he has cast as a major foreign policy objective. It comes less than a month after he secured billions of dollars in pledges for #Gaza from #Gulf Arab states - countries that are now facing Iranian attacks as the conflict widens.

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Trump's #Gaza plan has hinged in part on whether #Hamas militants would lay down their arms in exchange for amnesty, a step intended to pave the way for reconstruction & further Israeli military withdrawals. White ​House mediators have been backchanneling between #Israel & Hamas on the disarmament question.

Negotiations on this & other issues were paused when the #Iran #war began Feb 28, the 3 ​sources said….

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Zaha Hassan, of the Washington-based Carnegie ⁠Endowment for International Peace, said countries including the #UAE & #Qatar which pledged funds for Trump's “#BoardOfPeace” mission may be questioning if this is "really money well spent now that ​they are dodging rocket fire."

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