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Trump says 'not happy’ about ‘messed up’ Israeli politics
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Israel has got to “get their act together” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to form a new governing coalition and a second election was set for later this year – Associated Press publish today (4.6.2019).
Saying the political situation in
While on a state visit to
Trump and first lady Melania Trump flew to
Meanwhile, Trump said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may be right in assessing that the administration’s forthcoming
“We’re doing our best to help the
Also Sunday, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said in an interview broadcast that the Palestinians deserve "self-determination," but stopped short of backing Palestinian statehood and expressed uncertainty over their ability to govern themselves.
Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and an architect of the White House's yet-to-be-released
The Palestinian leadership has boycotted a diplomatic effort that Trump has touted as the "deal of the century." Although Kushner has been drafting the plan for two years under a veil of secrecy, it is seen by Palestinian and some Arab officials as tilting heavily in
Kushner again avoided saying explicitly whether the plan would include a two-state solution, the bedrock of
But he said: "I do think they should have self-determination."I'm going to leave the details until we come out with the actual plan."
The Palestinian Authority has said it will not attend a U.S.-sponsored investment conference in late June in
With
Asked whether he believed the Palestinians were capable of governing themselves without Israeli interference, Kushner said: "That's a very good question. That's one that we'll have to see. The hope is that they, over time, will become capable of governing."
The Palestinians, he said, "need to have a fair judicial system ... freedom of press, freedom of expression, tolerance for all religions" before the Palestinian areas can become "investable."
Asked whether he understood why the Palestinians might not trust him, Kushner said: "I'm not here to be trusted" and that he believed the Palestinian people would judge the plan based on whether "they think this will allow them to have a pathway to a better life or not."
The Palestinian leadership has refused to deal with the Trump administration since late 2017 when the president decided to move the U.S. Embassy to
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