The Times of Israel reports: WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump does not plan on hosting a trilateral summit with Israel and the Palestinian Authority during his trip to Jerusalem next week, senior Trump administration officials told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday.
Trump will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and, barring security complications, will also meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem during his first international trip as president. But local reports suggesting Trump will host a summit with Abbas and Netanyahu are incorrect. The Trump administration is not planning such a meeting, the Post has learned, and those involved in his Middle East portfolio believe that direct negotiations at this stage may be premature.
Israelis and Palestinians hold out great expectations for Trump’s arrival, hopeful the president will articulate a path forward in their stalled peace process. But his aides are offering them caution: “We still consider this in very early stages,” one official said.
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