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Trump backs two-state solution: 'I think that's what works best'

He also defended Israel's right to respond militarily to threats to its borders on all sides.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference.
US President Donald Trump meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in March.

Trump backs two-state solution: "I think that's what works best"

Britian's Prince William meets with Presidents Reuven Rivlin

Prince William says he is dedicated to bring about Mideast peace

A MIGRANT looks out of a barred door at a detention center in Gharyan, Libya, on October 12

Slavery and dispossession in the modern Middle East


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Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa walk during a meeting of foreign ministers of GCC member states, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in March

Border Police officer wounded in Issawiya riot, Palestinian shot in leg

Arab mob throws firebombs, large stones at officers patrolling east Jerusalem neighborhood.

Stone-throwing Palestinians clash with Israeli police in Sur Baher, a village in the suburbs of east Jerusalem

East Jerusalem Palestinian man sentenced to prison for Facebook incitement

Mohammad Abd al-Latif praised terrorists responsible for 2014 Har Nof massacre.

Hamas social media

One lightly hurt in suspected West Bank car ramming attack

Security forces conducting searches after motorist flees from scene.

Israeli soldiers check cars at a checkpoint near the West Bank City of Jericho

Israel urging donor countries to PA to use influence on Abbas to end terror

Foreign Ministry slams UNRWA for turning into Palestinian "mouthpiece."

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

Opposition parties not joining coalition despite terror

On first day of Knesset's winter session following its extended summer recess, opposition party heads firmly ruled out entering the government.

Netanyahu and Herzog

Settlers: US may link UN Security Council vetoes on Israel to settlement building

PM meets with settler leaders; US denies having issued any ultimatums to Israel on expanded settlement building over the Green Line.

Construction workers build new mall at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank

Oren to 'Post': Critics trying to discredit book by discrediting me

Former ambassador to the US and current Kulanu MK sets off storm with publication this week of a memoir of his tenure as Israel's envoy in Washington.

Former ambassador to the US Michael Oren

Syrian Druse could flee to Israel as Assad may abandon them to ISIS

Heads of Israeli Druse community raise concern for their brethren in Syria.

 A UN observation tower is seen overlooking Syria, next to the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights in Israel and Syria.

Analysis: Forgotten facts and distorted history of the Mideast

The Palestinians chose trying to destroy Israel over establishing a state.

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Leader of Syrian al-Qaida wing says aiming to take Damascus

Nusra Front leader Abu Mohamad al-Golani tells Al Jazeera that Syrian President "Assad's fall won't take a long time."

Members of al-Qaida's‏ Nusra Front [File]