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Palestine: Trump meets with Abbas in West Bank
Leaders express hope for peace but no concrete plans laid out

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on Tuesday, vowing to do “everything I can” to broker peace between Israel and Palestine — without specifying any actual plans.

Speaking after the meeting, Mr Trump echoed many of his predecessors saying that the solution to the 50-year Israeli occupation could “begin a process of peace all throughout the Middle East.”

Mr Abbas said Palestinians “are committed to working with [Mr Trump] to reach a historic peace deal between us and Israel.

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