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by Causes | 9.26.18

What’s the story?

President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that he’d like to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by creating two separates states.

“I like a two-state solution. That’s what I think works best…That’s my feeling,” Trump said at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump also revealed that his administration would produce its Mideast peace plan within four months. The president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, helped devise it.

Why does it matter?

The Trump administration has said in the past that it would only support a two-state solution if both sides agreed to it and this is the clearest example of the president’s support for that outcome.

What are the reps of the two states saying?

“I am open to the idea of the Palestinians ruling themselves as long as they can’t harm us,” Netanyahu said following his meeting with Trump, adding:

“I’m sure every American plan will reflect this issue to a large extent, or perhaps even to a full extent. Kushner says everyone defines a state in a different way. What is a state? Is it Costa Rica or Iran? Who has security control? Israel or others?’’

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to address the UN on Thursday where he’ll deliver “a clear speech to the president that outlines the real features of a final peace,” according to his spokesman.

“The road to peace requires a two-state solution, a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital, and this is the Arab and international position,” spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said in a statement.

What do you think?

Do you support a two-state solution? What would you like to see included in a Mideast peace plan? Hit Take Action and tell your reps.

—Josh Herman

(Illustration Credit: iStock.com / tintin75)

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