(Jerusalem Post) Kenneth Bandler - President Donald Trump, in his own way, is making Israeli-Palestinian peace a top foreign policy objective. The last U.S. effort to encourage direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations collapsed in 2014 when PA President Mahmoud Abbas refused to continue. When visiting Israel and Bethlehem later this month, President Trump should state clearly that the U.S. continues to consider direct, bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations the only viable path to achieve comprehensive peace. At the same time, Gaza's status must be addressed at some point. The president, following up on what he told Abbas at the White House, should call on the PA to end incitement and payments to terrorists, and also encourage the PA leader to take concrete measures to reform Palestinian educational materials and Palestinian media to truly nurture a culture of peace. The writer is the American Jewish Committee's director of media relations.
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