Trump endorses separate Palestinian state as goal of Mideast peace talks

[left-of-center2012]

Source: Washington Post

“I like two-state solution,” Trump said. “That’s what I think works best.” That is the most specific he has been about what he wants to help negotiate.

Trump said the plan will probably be released in “two, three, four months.” The plan, headed by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, is expected to address all the major issues in the seven-decade-old conflict. Trump said it will contain ideas that have not been tried before.

Palestinian leaders have boycotted the Trump administration since December, when the president announced that the United States would now consider Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

The Trump administration said the announcement does not prejudge Palestinian claims to East Jerusalem or address the status of holy sites, but Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the move proved that Trump cannot be trusted to broker a fair deal.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-endorses-separate-palestinian-state-as-goal-of-mideast-peace-talks/2018/09/26/834a96aa-c195-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html?utm_term=.ce449aec12bb

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September 26 at 3:05 PM

[still_one]

1. The two state solution has been the goal of every administration for decades. Good to see he agrees

with the basic principle. Perhaps he needs to let Netenyahu and the Palestinians know

[TommyCelt]

2. This trump likes the "2 state solution"....

...because the phrase is easy to remember. He hasn't a clue what it means.

[lagomorph777]

3. Or maybe three states...we'll see...we'll see...