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Trump to welcome Netanyahu as Palestinians fear U.S. shift
By Luke Baker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for talks that could shape the contours of future Middle East policy as Palestinians warned the White House not to abandon their goal of an independent state. For decades, the idea of creating a Palestine living peacefully alongside Israel has been a bedrock U.S. position, though the last negotiations broke down in 2014. Netanyahu committed, with conditions, to the two-state goal in a speech in 2009 and has broadly reiterated the aim since.
Trump to welcome Netanyahu as Palestinians fear U.S. shift
President Donald Trump prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for talks that could shape the contours of future Middle East policy as Palestinians warned the White House not to abandon their goal of an independent state. For decades, the idea of creating a Palestine living peacefully alongside Israel has been a bedrock U.S. position, though the last negotiations broke down in 2014.
Trump to welcome Netanyahu as Palestinians fear U.S. shift
* President and PM to hold first White House talks * Palestinians unnerved by comments on statehood * Netanyahu looking for "reset" of relations after Obama (Adds Palestinian comment) WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for talks that could shape the contours of future Middle East policy as Palestinians warned the White House not to abandon their goal of an independent state. For decades, the idea of creating a Palestine living peacefully alongside Israel has been a bedrock U.S. position, though the last negotiations broke down in 2014. Netanyahu committed, with conditions, to the two-state goal in a speech in 2009 and has broadly reiterated the aim since.
Russia tells White House it will not return Crimea to Ukraine
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine or discuss the matter with foreign partners after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump expected the annexed Black Sea peninsula to be returned. Moscow says an overwhelming majority of Crimeans voted to become part of Russia in a 2014 referendum wanting protection from what the Kremlin cast as an illegal coup in Kiev. Ukraine says the referendum was a sham held at gunpoint after Russian troops illegally annexed the peninsula, that Russia-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted by people power, and that Moscow should return Crimea.
Netanyahu to visit White House in a new era of Israel-U.S. relations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump on Wednesday, setting the tone for what both leaders hope to be the dawn of a new era for the U.S.-Israel relationship. Analysts say that the meeting will try to project a public theme of unity between the two governments on topics including Iran, Israeli settlements and the fate of the peace process. The Trump administration has suggested that peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may not come in the form of a two-state solution — a position that could represent a dramatic shift from 20 years of U.S. policy.
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