U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt hinted Sunday at a further delay until early November to the unveiling of a White House peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

"I think the logic would still dictate that if we wanted to wait until a new (Israeli) government is formed, we really do have to wait until potentially as late as November 6," Greenblatt said in a Jerusalem Post interview. 

The Trump administration had already delayed its presentation of the plan until after Israel's April 9 elections, but those polls failed to yield a government and a new election is slated for September 17. 

A new government will potentially come into office in early November, following the selection of a potential premier and negotiations to form a coalition.

"It's no secret that the Israeli elections have certainly put a new thought into our head," the envoy said. 

"Had the elections not been called again, perhaps we would have released" details of the deal during the summer, he added. 

Greenblatt recalled that the Trump administration had already delayed presentation of the deal until after the holy month of Ramadan, which ended in early June. 

The Trump administration is organizing a conference later this month in Bahrain on the economic aspects of the peace plan.

The Palestinian leadership is boycotting the conference and has cut ties with Washington, over the Trump administration's perceived pro-Israel bias.

Trump's peace plan for Israel and Palestine, the so-called "century deal," is expected to be published in June at the "Peace to Prosperity" Forum in Bahrain.

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the plan will not only enable Palestinians "realize their full potentials," but also the leaders in the Middle East to "promote economic growth and opportunities." 

The U.S. has been an important mediator for the Israel-Palestine issue, or a major Middle East actor for more than half a century.  

When Trump assumed the presidency in early 2017, he also expressed his ambition to resolve the Israel-Palestine issue through a new framework.

He wanted the regional states to recognize the "status quo," which means they should "respect" and "recognize" Israel's "legal rights" in Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

However, the president's plan ignores the Palestinians, Wang Jin, a research fellow at the Chinese Charhar Institute, told CGTN. Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel makes it impossible for any Palestine Authority or Palestinian political figure from any Palestinian political camp to attend the peace process mediated by the United States, Wang said.

Without the support of the Palestinian people, how could "eternal peace" between Israel and Palestine be realized?

(With input from AFP)