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.