Trump, Abbas Call for Revival of Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks

President Abbas assures me he is ready to work toward that goal in good faith. Yes, the Palestinians have been forgotten in the process, but that doesn’t mean that they’ll cave in to the fantasies of Israel’s right-wingers. The worldwide community doesn’t recognize Israeli sovereignty over east Jerusalem and Palestinians regard it as the future capital of an independent Palestinian state. The problem is not between us and Judaism. It’s between us and occupation.

In his speech yesterday, Mr Trump seemed to acknowledge the complexities of the matter.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Both sides will face tough decisions.

Israel’s defense minister appears to have confirmed that his country’s intelligence was leaked by President Donald Trump during a meeting with Russian officials this month.

JOHN YANG: Missing from Mr. Trump’s comments? The New York Times reported that the line prompted a standing ovation, and that Netanyahu walked over to shake Trump’s hand.

He didn’t talk about a two-state solution.

Under a 2016 agreement, Washington already bankrolls its Israeli ally’s military spending to the tune of $3.8 billion annually over 10 years, making the Jewish state the top recipient of US assistance. A move of the U.S. Embassy would be historic, Williams said. This trip was much more about smiles.

“Three days ago, the US added another $75 million to the aid package for the missile defense program”, Netanyahu said at a memorial ceremony for Israel’s dead in the 1967 Six-Day War.

DANIEL ESTRIN: Clinton tried. They are ready to reach for peace. This week ISIS struck again in Manchester, England, where a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including children outside the concert arena where singer Ariana Grande performed.

Michael Oren, a deputy minister in Netanyahu’s coalition government and a former Israeli ambassador to Washington, said the vagueness with which Trump addressed the Israeli-Palestinian issue coupled with his sharp condemnation of Iran and terror dovetailed comfortably with current Israeli thinking.

Trump later visited the Western Wall and Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, and spoke at the Israel Museum, where he focused on terrorism.

Trump’s two-day visit came immediately before the Israeli holiday of Jerusalem Day, which this year marked the 50th anniversary of Israel’s reunification of the holy city during the Six Day War. “It was History’s darkest hour”.

Before leaving, Trump signed the guest book with a short message in which he gushed about the museum being “so unbelievable”. “So wonderful, and will never forget”.

In June 2009, Obama made his first overseas trip to Cairo to apologize to the Muslim world for America’s fight against Muslim terrorists after al-Qaida’s 9/11 attack.