West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump’s call on Israel to “pull back” on settlement building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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A written statement issued by Abbas’s office said that the “presidency demands that (Israel) agree to (Trump’s call), and that of the international community, to halt all settlement activities including in occupied East Jerusalem.”
Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint news conference in the White House that “I’d like to see you pull back on settlements for a little bit.”
with such friends who needs enemy’s,
if memory serves me right, Mr. Trump said AFTER JAN. 20 BLABLABLA, & the rest is history