US envoy says unilateral moves 'not helpful to anybody' at this stage, laments PA's boycott of Bahrain summit: 'They make decisions not helpful for their people'

After US confirms no Israeli officials will attend economic workshop, Abbas spokesman says 'Washington cannot and will not succeed on its own in achieving anything'

White House only invited 'a single-digit number' of Israeli businesspeople to conference, source says

Elected officials predicted to stay home because Washington, Manama prefer not to invite members of Jerusalem's caretaker government

White House could delay rolling out long-awaited peace plan until November, due to political turmoil in Israel, says special envoy

Israel Katz says Jerusalem has 'key role to play' in process of boosting regional economic cooperation; formal invitation yet to be extended

'But I can’t envision a one-state solution. It won’t work. I mean, you’d have to disenfranchise the Palestinians. That won’t work,' says congressman

Despite saying it would not take part, United Nations now sending deputy Middle East coordinator to Bahrain economic workshop

Non-binding resolution alludes to Trump peace plan and says failure to explicitly endorse two-states would 'put a peaceful end to the conflict further out of reach'

Economic meet will bring Israelis and representatives of 6 Arab states together, an extraordinary feat. But don't expect the same level of support once it's time to talk politics