U.S. President Donald Trump remains “very committed” to achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace, senior adviser, Jared Kushner, told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of talks on Thursday.
There was little to suggest any breakthrough or significant progress towards ending a decades-old conflict is imminent as Kushner, who is Trump’s son-in-law, began a day of separate meetings with Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Palestinians were still seeking a pledge of support from the Trump administration for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, the foundation of U.S. Middle East policy for the past two decades.
The last round of peace talks between the two sides collapsed in 2014.
For his part, Netanyahu faces pressure from right-wing coalition partners not to give ground on Jewish settlement building in occupied territory…
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