Trump meets Abbas and affirms its confidence in achieving peace

Trump meets Abbas and affirms its confidence in achieving peace



US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed his confidence in the possibility of reaching a peace between Israel and the Palestinians, during a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time in the White House, saying that it would not be difficult 'as some people think. "

He added Trump after a meeting in the White House 'We want to establish peace between Israel and the Palestinians and we will achieve it', and said it would be a mediator between the two parties in order to reach this agreement.

The US president expressed the hope that something extraordinary is happening between the two sides, calling on the Palestinians to speak with one voice against incitement and hate speech.

For his part, the Palestinian president said that the strategic choice for the Palestinians is to achieve peace based on a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, stressing that he looked forward to working with President Trump to complete the historic deal.

Abbas said that the Palestinians recognize the state of Israel, and it is time for Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian people and its territory, pointing out that all the final status issues can be resolved, including issues of refugees and prisoners of war in accordance with international law.

He stressed that the achievement of a just peace strengthens the Arab initiative, and enhances the chances of defeating the organization of the Islamic state.

The visit by Abbas to the White House after two months and a half of the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Does Trump succeed in finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .. Trump to meet Abbas



Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet today his US counterpart Donald Trump in Ashentngrd text via Twitter, after yesterday stressed that there is no alternative solution is the 'establishment of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem on the 1967 borders. " A delegation of Palestinian officials have been pre - empted Abbas 's visit to Washington talks with US officials.

The Palestinian president said on Tuesday At a meeting with more than two hundred representatives of the Palestinian community in the United States at his residence in Washington that the best solution for the Palestinians is two states based on the 1967 borders, stressing that ' an independent state in Gaza rejected a Palestinian state without Gaza is rejected 'he said , ' We do not seek a fragile independence or without the formality of this entity that we seek. "

Abbas pointed out that what Israel wants is a state with two systems, a democratic system of Israelis and non - democratic regime for the Palestinians, adding that " the other solution is a democratic state, and that I do not think that the Israelis can accept it or liked it can be done. '

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Trump meets Palestinian leader Abbas in Washington

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Editorial Staff in Israel, US

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as they deliver an statement at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., May 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters

WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to do “whatever is necessary” to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians as he hosted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, but gave no sign of how he could revive long-stalled negotiations.

In their first meeting, Trump pressed Abbas to do more to stop “incitement to violence” against Israelis and, according to the White House, urged him in private to halt payments to families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, a demand long pressed by Israel.

Even as Trump boldly predicted he would achieve peace where other presidents had failed, he stopped short of explicitly recommitting his administration to a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict, a long-standing foundation of U.S. policy. Some Palestinians said they were disappointed by the omission.

Despite what many experts see as a long-shot bid, Trump told Abbas: “I will do whatever is necessary. … I would love to be a mediator or an arbitrator or a facilitator, and we will get this done.”

Abbas reasserted the goal of a Palestinian state, saying it must have East Jerusalem as its capital with the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. Most Israelis want all of Jerusalem as their capital and reject a full return to 1967 borderlines as a threat to their security.

Trump has faced deep skepticism at home and abroad over the chances for him to achieve any quick breakthrough, not least because his administration has yet to articulate a cohesive strategy for restarting the moribund peace process.

Abbas’ White House talks followed a February visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who moved to reset ties after a combative relationship with the Republican president’s predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama.

Trump sparked international criticism at the time, when he appeared to back away from a two-state solution, saying he would leave it up to the parties to decide. Palestinian statehood has been the objective of successive U.S. administrations and the international community.

The meeting with Abbas, the Western-backed head of the Palestinian Authority, was another test of whether Trump, in office a little more than 100 days, is serious about pursuing the kind of comprehensive peace deal that eluded his predecessors.

Trump insisted he was ready to try to reach the “toughest deal.” But when he later sat down to lunch with the Palestinian leader, he said it was “maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years.”

Trump, who said he decided to “start a process” but offered no new policy prescriptions or timetable, may be underestimating the challenge when trust between the two sides is low, analysts said.

“You can’t just pretend you only have to handle a few key issues and that’s it,” said David Makovsky, a member of Obama’s negotiating team during the last talks, which collapsed in 2014.

Still, plans are being firmed up for Trump to visit Netanyahu in Jerusalem and possibly Abbas in the West Bank on May 22 and 23, say people familiar with the matter. That has sparked speculation about a meeting of the three. U.S. and Israeli officials have declined to confirm the visit.

ABBAS UNDER PRESSURE AT HOME

Trump and Abbas appeared friendly but businesslike as they stood at side-by-side lecterns. But that was a far cry from the way Trump and Netanyahu interacted in February.

Abbas promised that under “your courageous stewardship and your wisdom, as well as your great negotiating ability,” the Palestinians would be partners seeking a “historic peace treaty.”

But under pressure at home to avoid major concessions, the 82-year-old leader said: “It’s about time for Israel to end its occupation,” referring to Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Abbas, however, did not repeat in public his demand that Israel freeze settlement construction on land Palestinians want for a state as a condition for negotiations.

U.S. lawmakers have warned that Palestinian funding could be cut off unless Abbas halts PLO stipends to families of prisoners whom Israel considers terrorists but many Palestinians see as heroes.

There was no indication Abbas, who governs in the West Bank while Hamas militants rule Gaza, bowed to pressure on the issue, especially with hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.

In Gaza, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the promises Abbas made at the White House “don’t obligate anyone.”

Questions have been raised about Trump’s choice of son-in-law Jared Kushner to oversee the peace initiative, along with Trump’s longtime business lawyer, Jason Greenblatt, as envoy.

Efforts to enlist Israel’s Sunni Arab neighbors, who share Israeli concerns about Shi’ite Iran, to help rejuvenate peacemaking, have yet to yield results.

National security adviser H.R. McMaster described Trump’s foreign policy approach as “disruptive,” saying his unconventional ways could create an opportunity to help stabilize the Middle East.

But Trump’s unpredictability has even at times rattled a close ally like Israel.

His pro-Israeli campaign rhetoric suggested he might give Netanyahu free rein. But Trump’s promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv is on the back burner, and he caught Netanyahu off-guard by asking him to put unspecified limits on settlement activity.

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Trump meets Palestinian leader Abbas in Washington

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Editorial Staff in Israel, US

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as they deliver an statement at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., May 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters

WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to do “whatever is necessary” to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians as he hosted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, but gave no sign of how he could revive long-stalled negotiations.

In their first meeting, Trump pressed Abbas to do more to stop “incitement to violence” against Israelis and, according to the White House, urged him in private to halt payments to families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, a demand long pressed by Israel.

Even as Trump boldly predicted he would achieve peace where other presidents had failed, he stopped short of explicitly recommitting his administration to a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict, a long-standing foundation of U.S. policy. Some Palestinians said they were disappointed by the omission.

Despite what many experts see as a long-shot bid, Trump told Abbas: “I will do whatever is necessary. … I would love to be a mediator or an arbitrator or a facilitator, and we will get this done.”

Abbas reasserted the goal of a Palestinian state, saying it must have East Jerusalem as its capital with the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. Most Israelis want all of Jerusalem as their capital and reject a full return to 1967 borderlines as a threat to their security.

Trump has faced deep skepticism at home and abroad over the chances for him to achieve any quick breakthrough, not least because his administration has yet to articulate a cohesive strategy for restarting the moribund peace process.

Abbas’ White House talks followed a February visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who moved to reset ties after a combative relationship with the Republican president’s predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama.

Trump sparked international criticism at the time, when he appeared to back away from a two-state solution, saying he would leave it up to the parties to decide. Palestinian statehood has been the objective of successive U.S. administrations and the international community.

The meeting with Abbas, the Western-backed head of the Palestinian Authority, was another test of whether Trump, in office a little more than 100 days, is serious about pursuing the kind of comprehensive peace deal that eluded his predecessors.

Trump insisted he was ready to try to reach the “toughest deal.” But when he later sat down to lunch with the Palestinian leader, he said it was “maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years.”

Trump, who said he decided to “start a process” but offered no new policy prescriptions or timetable, may be underestimating the challenge when trust between the two sides is low, analysts said.

“You can’t just pretend you only have to handle a few key issues and that’s it,” said David Makovsky, a member of Obama’s negotiating team during the last talks, which collapsed in 2014.

Still, plans are being firmed up for Trump to visit Netanyahu in Jerusalem and possibly Abbas in the West Bank on May 22 and 23, say people familiar with the matter. That has sparked speculation about a meeting of the three. U.S. and Israeli officials have declined to confirm the visit.

ABBAS UNDER PRESSURE AT HOME

Trump and Abbas appeared friendly but businesslike as they stood at side-by-side lecterns. But that was a far cry from the way Trump and Netanyahu interacted in February.

Abbas promised that under “your courageous stewardship and your wisdom, as well as your great negotiating ability,” the Palestinians would be partners seeking a “historic peace treaty.”

But under pressure at home to avoid major concessions, the 82-year-old leader said: “It’s about time for Israel to end its occupation,” referring to Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Abbas, however, did not repeat in public his demand that Israel freeze settlement construction on land Palestinians want for a state as a condition for negotiations.

U.S. lawmakers have warned that Palestinian funding could be cut off unless Abbas halts PLO stipends to families of prisoners whom Israel considers terrorists but many Palestinians see as heroes.

There was no indication Abbas, who governs in the West Bank while Hamas militants rule Gaza, bowed to pressure on the issue, especially with hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.

In Gaza, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the promises Abbas made at the White House “don’t obligate anyone.”

Questions have been raised about Trump’s choice of son-in-law Jared Kushner to oversee the peace initiative, along with Trump’s longtime business lawyer, Jason Greenblatt, as envoy.

Efforts to enlist Israel’s Sunni Arab neighbors, who share Israeli concerns about Shi’ite Iran, to help rejuvenate peacemaking, have yet to yield results.

National security adviser H.R. McMaster described Trump’s foreign policy approach as “disruptive,” saying his unconventional ways could create an opportunity to help stabilize the Middle East.

But Trump’s unpredictability has even at times rattled a close ally like Israel.

His pro-Israeli campaign rhetoric suggested he might give Netanyahu free rein. But Trump’s promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv is on the back burner, and he caught Netanyahu off-guard by asking him to put unspecified limits on settlement activity.

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Trump: we will achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians


Wednesday 3 May 2017 19:29


a News / Baghdad
US President expressed Donald Trump , Wednesday, confidence in the possibility of reaching a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

This came during a meeting with Trump , his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas for the first time in the White House.

Trump: security challenges that Israel is facing enormous include Iran's nuclear ambitions

Trump said after a meeting in the Oval Office, "We want to establish peace between Israel and the Palestinians, and we will achieve it."

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