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Trump wants two-state solution for ME peace

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UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he wanted a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the clearest expression yet of his administration’s support for such an outcome. The Trump administration has in the past said it would support a two-state solution if both sides agreed to it. Trump, in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations, also said he wanted to unveil a peace plan in the next two to three months. “I like a two-state solution. That’s what I think works best... That’s my feeling,” said Trump, who is attending the annual UN gathering of world leaders.


Netanyahu has said that any future Palestinian state must be demilitarised and must recognise Israel as the state of the Jewish people — conditions that Palestinians say show he is not sincere about peacemaking. The United States’ Arab allies are strong proponents of a two state solution.


“I really believe something will happen. They say it’s the toughest of all deals,” Trump said.


He added that Israel will have to do something good for the other side without elaborating.


Doubts have mounted over whether Trump’s administration can secure what he has called the “ultimate deal” since December, when the US President recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and then moved the US Embassy there.


“It is a dream of mine to get that done prior to the end of my first term,” Trump said of an agreement on the conflict.


“I don’t want to do it in my second term. We’ll do other things in my second term,” he said. “I think a lot of progress has been made. I think that Israel wants to do something and I think that the Palestinians actually want to do something.” — AFP


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