Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Trump to Meet Palestinian Leader Abbas and Wants Mideast Peace Deal

Donald Trump is convinced that the Mideast should no longer be riven by violence and that peace is within reach.

"I want to see peace with Israel and the Palestinians," he told Reuters in an interview last week. "There is no reason there's not peace between Israel and the Palestinians — none whatsoever."

For decades, this goal has eluded world leaders, including Trump's predecessor Barack Obama. That Trump has tasked his son-in-law Jared Kushner with negotiating peace and longtime lawyer, Jason Greenblatt, to be his on-the-ground envoy deal are signs of the importance the president places on the issue.

A possible step in the direction of peace will be his meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday. 

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