Donald Trump’s team must commit to the two-state solution and opposing settlement construction before the US president’s peace push will move forward, say Palestinian officials.
Ahmed Majdalani, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, tells AFP they are demanding “a clear and frank answer on the position of the administration on the two-state solution and settlements.”
“Without a clear American commitment to the two-state solution and stopping settlements and ending the occupation we don’t expect much from this administration.”
Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of Abbas’s Fatah party, says they will demand a clear commitment from Kushner and Greenblatt to an independent Palestinian state.
“We hope that the American administration and the envoys of President Donald Trump that will meet tomorrow with president Mahmud Abbas will announce the American administration’s adoption of the two-state solution to move the peace process forward,” he tells AFP.
“It is time for President Trump to pay serious attention to the establishment of a Palestinian state.”
— with AFP
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