Decades-Old Dispute Has Major Historical and Religious Roots
President Donald Trump Wednesday afternoon announced he thinks there’s a “deal” to be made to resolve the decades-old Israel-Palestinian conflict, suggesting it would not be very hard to do.
Meeting for lunch in the Cabinet Room in the White House just after 12:30, President Trump sat across the table from President Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the State of Palestine and Palestinian National Authority. Trump was flanked by Vice President Pence and Secretary of State Tillerson.
“It’s a great honor to have President Abbas with us,” President Trump said, according to the pool report. “We are having lunch together. We will be discussing details of what has proven to be a very difficult situation between Israel and the Palestinians.”
“Let’s see if we can find the solution,” Trump continued. “It’s something that I think is, frankly, maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years. We need two willing parties. We believe Israel is willing. We believe you’re willing. And if you you both are willing, we’re going to make a deal.”
Less than an hour earlier at a joint press conference Trump promised, “We will get this done.”
President Trump frequently has said his favorite books are The Art of the Deal, the book he allegedly wrote, along with the Bible.
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