Trump: I intend to achieve the ’ultimate deal’ - Israeli-Palestinian peace - U.S. Election 2016 -
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the president-elect says he wants to do ’the deal that can’t be made’ for the sake of humanity.
Barak Ravid Nov 12, 2016
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President-elect of the United States Donald Trump said he will try and achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians in order to bring an end to what he called “the war that never ends.”
Trump, who starts his term in office on January 20, made the remarks during an interview with The Wall Street Journal a day after his initial meeting with outgoing President Barack Obama at the White House as part of the process of transferring power to the new administration.
In the interview with the conservative newspaper, Trump referred to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians in business world terms, calling it “the ultimate deal.”
“As a deal maker, I’d like to do… the deal that can’t be made. And do it for humanity’s sake,” he added.
Trump has made similar statements about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process during the election campaign, but this the first time that he has addressed the subject since he won the presidency.