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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Trump tells Israel he plans peace push ‘very soon’ — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump has sent a message to Jerusalem saying that he intends to advance a plan for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians “very soon,” Channel 2 News reports.
As such, Jason Greenblatt, the representative for international negotiations by the president of the United States, will meet tomorrow with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan at a meeting of the Arab League.
Two weeks ago Greenblatt visited Israel and the West Bank for meetings with dozens of Israeli and Palestinian leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Abbas.
Netanyahu and Greenblatt made “progress on the issue of Israeli settlement construction following up on President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s agreement in Washington last month to work out an approach that reflects both leaders’ views,” said a statement from Netanyahu’s office issued after the second meeting between the two.
The Times of Israel Community.