Abbas meeting reveals no details on reviving peace talks

During his visit, Trump notably avoided all of the thorny issues that have stymied peace efforts for decades. The official said Trump’s likening of Hamas with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group during a summit in Saudi Arabia, which came before his arrival in the Palestinian territories, was “aimed at besmirching the reputation of the Palestinian resistance”.

“The Palestinians are ready to reach for peace” and “Benjamin Netanyahu wants peace”, said Trump.

After enduring eight years of the Obama administration, Rubin says he had “high hopes” that Trump would personally state that Jerusalem is the “undivided capital” of Israel.

It comes after Trump urged leaders in the Middle East to seize a “rare” opportunity to overcome past rifts to join together for peace and stability and to unite against a common threat: Terrorism. “It symbolically recognizes Israel’s historical ties to Jerusalem and its claim of sovereignty”, Jim Phillips, senior Middle East research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told Xinhua.

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. “So they’re not going to make an issue of it”, he said.

As the Trump’s disembarked Air Force One in Italy Melania wasn’t interested in the US President’s touch.

“He did not want to wade into any thorny issues”, Estrin said, noting the president did not reference controversial issues like Israeli settlements or his campaign promise to move USA embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

But Rubio, who sparred with Trump on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, said the Palestinians’ view of peace is at odds with those of the American people.

The suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near an exit to the 21,000-person capacity Manchester Arena where U.S. pop star Ariana Grande was performing to a sold-out audience. That omission encouraged Israel’s right-wing but it disappointed Palestinians.

Abbas reiterated his call for a two-state solution to the conflict, including a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.

“Making peace, however, will not be easy”. MORE: Ariana Grande reacts to Manchester explosion: “Broken ” The president has used the stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the West Bank to call for the end of such violence.

A USA -born Israeli says he was both delighted and disappointed by President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel. The global community doesn’t recognize Israeli sovereignty over east Jerusalem and Palestinians regard it as the future capital of an independent Palestinian state. After Israel and the Palestinian territories, Trump will head to the Vatican, and to Brussels and Italy for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and G7 meetings.