Trump meets with Palestine's Abbas, but progress on peace still elusive
Jerusalem
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump travelled to Bethlehem on Tuesday, meeting with the Palestinian leader and vowing again to "do everything I can" to break through decades of resistance to reach a peace deal, but reporting no concrete progress toward a goal that has eluded many previous presidents.
A day after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr Trump visited the occupied West Bank and sat down with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. Mr Trump and Mr Abbas emerged from the meeting with hopeful but vague words, and no details of what might come next.
"I am truly hopeful that America can help Israel and the Palestinians forg…
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