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US President Donald Trump says his Middle East peace plan offers "a realistic two-state solution that resolves the risk of Palestinian statehood to Israel's security." SOUNDBITE
US President Donald Trump proposes that Israeli development in an area that would become the Palestinian state under his Middle East peace plan be frozen for four years. "During this time, Palestinians can use all appropriate deliberation to study the deal, negotiate with Israel, achieve the criteria for statehood, and become a truly independent and wonderful state," Trump says at the White House in Washington. SOUNDBITE
Atouf (West Bank), 5 June, EFE/EPA, (Camera: Alaa Badarneh).- The village of Atouf, near the Jordan Valley, was the scene of new clashes between Israeli soldiers and dozens of Palestinians protesting against Israeli plans to annex part of the West Bank. The Israeli government is preparing to annex parts of the West Bank, occupied by Israel in 1967, a plan promised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during election campaigns and endorsed in January by the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump as part of a Middle East peace plan, but widely rejected in the region. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Several thousand people gather at Place de la République in Paris for a demonstration calling for peace in the Middle East and in support of the Palestinian people. IMAGES
"This map will more than double the Palestinian territory and provide a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem," says US President Donald Trump as he unveils a plan aimed at solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. SOUNDBITE
White House adviser Jared Kushner said Tuesday that his plan for the Middle East was "the opportunity of the century" for the Palestinians but that their acceptance was a pre-condition to peace. SOUNDBITE
US President Donald Trump called the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah a threat to the entire Middle East on Tuesday, accusing it and Iran of fueling a humanitarian disaster in Syria. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that China can play a role in reducing tensions in the Middle East, including through its influence with Iran. "I think the relationships that China has can be positive in trying to calm tensions, to prevent escalation, avoid the spread of the conflict," Blinken told reporters, saying Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed to stay in contact on the Middle East. SOUNDBITE
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