Jordan’s Abdullah tells Trump Israeli-Palestinian peace is ‘core issue of our region’

King Abdullah of Jordan responds to Trump’s speech by highlighting Israeli-Palestinian peace and “safeguarding Jerusalem.”

A “just and final settlement” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is necessary for combating terror, he tells Trump after his speech in Riyadh.

“No injustice has spread more bitter fruit than the absence of a Palestinian state.

“This is the core issue of our region, and has driven radicalism throughout our region,” he says.

The international community and Arab and Muslim world have all backed Palestinian statehood, he says, and backed “full support for negotiations.”

He also urges “safeguarding Jerusalem,” which “must be a priority. The holy city is a strategic linchpin vital to relations between the three faiths. Attempts to change negotiating facts on the ground will have catastrophic effects.”