'Palestinians need Trump two-state pledge before peace'

Donald Trump's team must commit to a two-state solution and oppose Israeli settlement construction before the US president's peace push can move forward, Palestinian officials have said.

Their comments came ahead of talks today with Trump aides, including special representative for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt and the president's son-in-law and Middle East envoy Jared Kushner.

The visit for meetings with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders comes with many analysts expressing little hope that major progress can be made on Israeli-Palestinian peace for now.

Trump's aides have been ferrying between leaders from the two sides in recent months in attempts to restart direct talks, with the aim of achieving what the US president has called the "ultimate deal".

Trump himself visited Israel and the Palestinian territories in May.

But Palestinian officials have become increasingly frustrated with the administration and pessimistic about chances of a breakthrough.

President Mahmud Abbas reportedly told Israeli leftwing politicians recently that despite more than 20 meetings with US officials he was still unclear what Trump's strategy was.

Ahmed Majdalani, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation which Abbas heads, told

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