Mr. Trump, who learned Monday of some realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jerusalem and during his talks with Israeli leaders, is expected to discover another narrative on his way to Bethlehem to meet Abbas.
After having gathered in front of the Wall of Lamentations, a high place of Judaism, Trump should not miss Tuesday to see or glimpse on his way another wall: the one that Israel built against the West Bank to protect itself According to the Hebrew state of the Palestinian attacks.
Much of the city of Bethlehem lives in the shadow of the wall, a "security barrier" for the Israelis, an "apartheid wall" for the Palestinians whose lives it poisons.
In both Israel and the West Bank, one who aspires to preside over the "ultimate" diplomatic agreement, will be able to convince himself whether or not to make peace "is perhaps not as difficult as people have believed for years "As he said in May to Mr. Abbas at the White House.
'New partnership possible'
In the power struggle, Mr. Trump has remarkably changed his mind on a number of issues related to the conflict.
On Monday in Jerusalem, during statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it seems to have further reduced. "I was told that, of all the chords, it was one of the toughest, but I have the impression that we will eventually get there, I hope."
In Israel, where he arrived on Monday for his first visit, Mr. Trump outlined a vision of the resolution of the conflict in the resolution of the evils of the region.
The convergence of interests between the Arab countries and Israel in the face of the threat of extremism and Iran represents a "rare opportunity", including to put an end to one of the oldest conflicts on the planet, "He said.
Mr. Trump repeatedly quoted the name of King Salman, the ruler of Saudi Arabia, as the inaugural stage of his first trip abroad and an indispensable partner of the peace effort, even if Israel does not have diplomatic relations with her.
"I believe a new level of partnership is possible," Trump said. "For the first time in my life, I see a real hope for change," the Israeli prime minister said.
The Israeli-Palestinian horizon, however, has rarely seemed more gloomy for years. The last negotiations, under US auspices, were overturned in 2014. 2017 marks fifty years of Israeli occupation and settlement in the Palestinian Territories.
'A clear project'
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Since his arrival in Israel, Mr. Trump has guarded himself against publicly addressing concrete issues, such as settlement, Palestinian violence or the status of Jerusalem. He gave a lot of pledges to the Israelis by proclaiming the "indestructible ties" between Israel and the United States and becoming the first US President to visit the Wailing Wall.
Once invested, Mr. Trump had caused trouble and alarmed the Palestinians by distancing himself from the so-called two-state solution, involving the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
His National Security Advisor, General HR McMaster, however, meant that the president could also have evolved. When he meets with Mr. Abbas, Mr. Trump will express his "desire for dignity and self-determination for the Palestinians," he said.
Abbas said he would repeat to Mr. Trump the Palestinian aspirations for independence. "During his visit to Washington (May), he was able to expose the Palestinian vision," an Abbas adviser, Hossam Zomlot, told AFP.
"Our plan for peace is clear, it is supported at the national and regional level and is the subject of a clear international consensus," he said.
However, Mr. Trump will have to deal with a Palestinian president who is considerably weakened by the internal disputes. Unpopular, now lacking electoral legitimacy, Mr. Abbas is mired in the crisis of the hundreds of Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli jails.
In the afternoon, Mr. Trump will lay a wreath at the Shoah memorial in Jerusalem. He will deliver a speech at the Israel Museum before flying to the Vatican.
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