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Trump casts doubt on Middle East peace talks | |
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US President Donald Trump has questioned whether peace talks with Israel will ever resume, blaming the Palestinians. | US President Donald Trump has questioned whether peace talks with Israel will ever resume, blaming the Palestinians. |
Mr Trump said Palestinians had "disrespected" the US in the wake of his controversial decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. | |
"Respect has to be shown to the US or we're just not going any further," he told reporters at Davos. | |
The Palestinians say the US can no longer be considered a neutral broker. | The Palestinians say the US can no longer be considered a neutral broker. |
President Mahmoud Abbas has called Mr Trump's declaration on Jerusalem in December the "slap of the century". | |
However, sitting alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum, Mr Trump said: "Israel has always supported the United States so what I did with Jerusalem was my honour." |