Abbas and Trump were disengaged, Spicer all the experts and pundits spewed their usual nonsense about peace and how Palestinians need to end terrorism (what terrorism?) which only goes to show the reckless disregard with which  people treat Palestine and its people.

It was reported that during his meeting with Trump, "Mr. Abbas… repeated the conditions the Palestinians have insisted on for years — the creation of an independent Palestinian state based on borders that existed before the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital; the right of return for refugees; and freedom for prisoners in Israeli cells. That formulation has been a nonstarter for Israel which itself has shown no sign of backing off its own fixed positions." This is according to the New York Times which also reported that "Echoing Israel's position, Mr. Trump pressed Mr. Abbas to discourage Palestinian instigation against Israelis. "There cannot be lasting peace unless the Palestinian leaders speak in a unified voice against incitement to violence and hate," Mr. Trump said. This is a strange demand indeed since the cause for Palestinians hating Israel is Israel's brutality.  No amount of incitement will result in the kind of hate Israel creates each time a child is beaten, or shot by soldiers, each time Gaza is bombed, each time a family has to stand in line for hours at a checkpoint and is tormented by soldiers. Indeed it is not the Palestinians who are to blame for hatred of Israel, it is Israel itself.