The Associated Press reports:

When the Trump administration cut hundreds of millions of dollars of aid for Palestinians last year, the Parents Circle, a coexistence group of bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families, lost 30 percent of its budget overnight.

So members were shocked Sunday to learn that the White House is now using the group’s photos in promotional materials for a US peace plan that has been skewered by veterans of past Mideast peace efforts.

“I think it’s one of the most cynical and insensitive acts,” said Robi Damelin, a spokeswoman for the group.

While US allies in the region have been cool to the plan ahead of a launching conference in Bahrain this week, former US diplomats and Mideast experts criticized it for recycling past proposals, making unrealistic projections and ignoring Israel’s continued occupation of the West Bank. [Continue reading…]