US President Donald Trump expresses reservations about reaching a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians but says he thinks “there is a chance there could peace.”
Speaking alongside the Emir of Kuwait at a WHite House press conference, Trump said: “I think there is a chance that there could peace but again I say that a little bit reluctantly.”
“We have tremendous talent working on that particular transaction,” he added.
Asked if he was about to start a new peace initiative Trump said, “We are discussing, we are working” towards peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
“It is something that could happen,” he said.
Last month Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas separately met with Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, peace envoy Jason Greenblatt and Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategy Dina Powell during a visit by the US delegation to Israel.
After the delegation met with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, where Kushner told the prime minister that Trump is “very committed” to help broker a peace deal, Netanyahu said believed peace with the Palestinians was “within our reach.”
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