President Trump urged leaders in the Middle East to seize a “rare opportunity” to overcome past rifts as he began talks in Israel in the second leg of his first overseas trip, a journey that has quickly plunged him in the fraught and complex politics of the region, the Washington post reports.
We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region and to its people, defeating terrorism and creating a future of harmony, prosperity and peace,” Trump said. “But we can only get there working together. There is no other way.”
Israelis greeted Trump with jubilation over his promises of an even deeper relationship with America’s closest ally in the region, but their expectations are mixed with anxiety about an unpredictable administration that has also reached out to the Palestinians.