It's the result of a meeting at the White House between President Trump and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Trump noted that over the course of his life he'd heard "that perhaps the toughest deal to make" is the one between Israel and Palestine. Palestinian officials said after the meeting that Trump had not raised any specific proposals to restart negotiations.
Abbas, speaking through a translator, told Trump that under "your courageous stewardship and your wisdom, as well as your great negotiations ability", the Palestinians would be partners seeking a "historic peace treaty".
Trump's long-shot effort to bring Middle East peace got off to a rocky start when he renounced support for a Palestinian state and vowed to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, breaking two tenets of American policy held for decades. "But any agreement can not be imposed by the United States or by any other nation".
The White House also said Trump is still considering moving the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but nothing has been decided.
President Trump lauded Mahmoud Abbas for fighting terrorism during the Palestinian Authority president's visit to the White House today, noting "there's such hatred" among Abbas' people "but hopefully there won't be such hatred for very long".
"I will do whatever is necessary to facilitate the agreement, to mediate, to arbitrate, anything they'd like to do", Trump said.
Standing beside Trump, Abbas later told reporters that the strategic choice to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was "to bring about peace based on the vision of the two state".
"It's about time for Israel to end its occupation of our people and of our land", Abbas said.
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Earlier this week, three GOP senators urged the United States president to push Abbas on the PA's social welfare payments to the families of terrorists. Abbas was the signatory for the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and the agreement established the PA as a self-government body in 1994.
And in his White House meeting with Netanyahu on February 15, Trump raised another sensitive issue: Israeli settlements on land in dispute with the Palestinians.
The president has appointed his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as the us lead for the peace process.
Abbas, who governs in the West Bank while Hamas militants rule Gaza, was under pressure at home to avoid making major concessions to Trump, especially with an ongoing hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Abbas said, however, that there could be no peace with the establishment of a secure Palestinian state.
He denounced Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories even as he expressed optimism about the stalled peace effort.
Interviewed by CNN in Doha, Mishal said Trump has "greater threshold of boldness" than previous U.S. administrations.
"The two leaders discussed the value of actions that can help create a climate conducive to tangible progress toward peace", it said.
It's the first direct meeting between Trump and Abbas. They include the contours of a potential Palestinian state, Jerusalem's status and the question of Palestinian refugees. He said "it's about time" for Israel to stop occupying Palestinian lands and to recognize a Palestinian state. The deal would not just be about a peaceful, two-state solution, but also about solving the issue of refugees and prisoners "according to global law".
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