Pompeo delivers frank view of Trump?s Middle East peace plan in off-record meeting - The Boston Globe

‘‘He was not in any way confident that the process would lead to a successful conclusion,’’ said one of the attendees; both spoke on the condition of anonymity because the terms of the meeting were declared to be off the record.Elan Carr, the State Department’s special envoy to fight anti-Semitism who also attended the meeting, expressed a different view, saying he thought Pompeo ‘‘provided a hopeful assessment over the prospect of a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.’’‘‘It was an excellent briefing that was very well received by the conference,’’ he said in a statement offered by the State Department.Aaron David Miller, a former negotiator and analyst on Middle East issues for Republican and Democratic administrations, said the remarks were ‘‘the most revealing and real assessment of the plan that I’ve heard so far.’’Advertisement‘‘The fact that Pompeo so easily conceded the perception - and likely the reality - that the plan was strongly structured and tilted toward the Israelis is striking,’’ Miller said.The CEO of the group that hosted the event, Malcolm Hoenlein, said he thought Pompeo’s remarks reflected his awareness of allegations of a pro-Israel bias but not the secretary’s own view of the plan.