Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Brussels in March. Trump has spoken with Abbas by phone, but their White House meeting will be their first face-to-face encounter. Rather than hold a full-blown news conference, Abbas and Trump are planning to make a joint statement during the visit. During Netanyahu’s White House visit in February, Trump both flattered him and pressured him when the two fielded questions from journalists. During that visit Trump also made headlines by saying he “could live with” either a separate Palestinian state or a single state as a peaceful outcome.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2017 13:04 UTC