Be assured there will be no effective PEACE DEAL for Palestine, because Isreal does NOT want one, and never has.
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[Portions of this news story were drawn from the New York Times] ---
WASHINGTON - President Trump hosted Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, at the White House this week with all the usual bonhomie he displays for foreign leaders. Within hours, he wrote on Twitter that it had been "an honor," adding, "Hopefully something terrific" would come out "between the Palestinians & Israel."
But then something odd happened. Within a day, the message vanished from Mr. Trump's Twitter feed. The White House said it had no idea why that happened and that it stood by the original message. But stakeholders in the Mideast negotiating process have seen the unexplained disappearance as a sign of uncertainty from a president who has generally touted presented as Israel's greatest friend then surprised the selfish Israelis by calling it "an honor" to meet with Palestine's Abbas.
As Mr. Trump embarks on what he vows will be a historic effort to do what no president has done before and make peace between Israelis and Palestinians.... [a fruitless impossible aim because ISRAEL does not want real peace and will never broker into real peace, and will always break any agreement].... Trump now finds himself under pressure from his hard-line Zionist neocon pro-Israel supporters. They are paranoid that Trump is actually listening to Arab and Palestinian input and its diluting what they hoped would be unconditional blind support for the wickedly devious Israeli government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcloCMs3Uek
They are particularly concerned about the role of one of Mr. Trump's closest Jewish friends, the New York billionaire Ronald S. Lauder, who is prodding Mr. Trump to forge an alliance with Mr. Abbas. Mr. Lauder is in frequent contact with Mr. Trump's chief Middle East negotiator, Jason D. Greenblatt, who attended a dinner at Mr. Lauder's Georgetown home with Mr. Abbas the night before the Palestinian leader went to the White House.
Also to note its reported that Mr. Greenblatt got a off putting different message at an earlier dinner with two other prominent Palestinians, Salam Fayyad and Ziad Asali, and two American Jewish diplomats (Mossad Embeds), Elliott Abrams and Dennis B. Ross. They all told him that a 'peace deal' was not a realistic option now.
Later this month, when Mr. Trump embarks on his first foreign trip, to Saudi Arabia and Israel, one of his most powerful donors, the Las Vegas magnate Shelly Adelson, will be in Israel when the Trump is. Hmmmm....
After his initial campaign promise to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, Mr. Trump has set that issue aside for now, heeding the advice of King Abdullah II of Jordan and other Arab leaders, who warned him it could ignite violence among Palestinians and all Arabs.
Trump's "Middle East Negotiator" Mr. Greenblatt has met with a wide range of Arab leaders, ambassadors, and other officials, in a crash course of briefings recently.
The president's push on settlements unnerved Mr. Netanyahu, according to officials on both sides, though they avoided an open split over it. Mr. Netanyahu was determined not to antagonize another president, and the understanding on settlements was left unwritten, mitigating attacks on Mr. Netanyahu by pro-settler factions in his coalition.
One of the biggest cheerleaders for a peace deal is Mr. Lauder, a cosmetics heir who has known Mr. Trump for decades. His mother, Estée Lauder, was among the first of the Manhattan social elite to accept Mr. Trump when he arrived on the scene as a young developer from Queens.
Mr. Lauder's enthusiasm for a bold new initiative has alarmed some in Mr. Trump's circle, particularly, Steve. Bannon, a zealous cheerleader for the evil and corrupt Israeli Government. Bannon speaks regularly with Shelly Adelson, who donated millions of dollars to outside groups to help Republicans in 2016.
How much direct influence Mr. Lauder has on Mr. Trump is a matter of debate: Some close to the White House insist their contacts are frequent; others say there have been just three meetings, one in the Oval Office and two at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump's Palm Beach club. But Mr. Lauder has an open line to Mr. Greenblatt; the dinner for Mr. Abbas testifies to his social clout.