Trump confirms big change to Israel policy Jerusalem 'off the table'
President Donald Trump  confirmed a big change to US policy on Israel while speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos  Switzerland  on Thursday.
"We took Jerusalem off the table  " Trump  said.
 Trump  used similar language in a series of tweets earlier in January.
 President Donald Trump  doubled down Thursday on a change to the US's approach to Middle East peace while speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos  Switzerland  at the World Economic Forum.
"We took Jerusalem off the table  " Trump  said. "So we don't have to talk about it anymore."
It was unclear from  Trump 's televised remarks whether  he  was merely doubling down on or also expanding the shift in US policy on Israel  he  announced in a landmark speech in December. In those remarks   Trump  recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and said the US would be moving its embassy in the country there from Tel Aviv.
 Trump  has suggested  he  hopes to move the Israeli-Palestinian peace process forward by removing the status of the holy city as a debatable issue.
"You won one point  and you'll give up some points later in the negotiation  if there's ever a negotiation  " Trump  told Netanyahu on Thursday.
Some analysts  however  interpreted  Trump 's latest words as signaling a new unwillingness to negotiate the borders of Jerusalem  as the Palestinians generally seek East Jerusalem as their capital in a two-state solution to the conflict.
 Trump  used similar language as  he  did Thursday in a series of tweets earlier in January.
"We pay the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect. They don't even want to negotiate a long overdue peace treaty with Israel  " Trump  tweeted. "We have taken Jerusalem  the toughest part of the negotiation  off the table  but Israel  for that  would have had to pay more."
 Trump  on Thursday said  he  believed US aid payments to Palestine were still "on the table" for negotiations.
The US has yet to present its much-discussed peace plan for the Middle East  but  Trump  said Thursday: "It's a great proposal for the Palestinians. I think it's a very good proposal for Israel."
Both recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moving the US Embassy were among  Trump 's campaign promises and change decades of US policy in the Middle East.
Notably  however   Trump  said then that the US was not ruling out future changes to borders.
"We are not taking a position of any final status issues including the specific boundaries of the Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem or the resolution of contested borders "  Trump  said in the December speech. "Those questions are up to the parties involved."
 [TGT] confirmed a big change to US policy on Israel while speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos  Switzerland  on Thursday.
"We took Jerusalem off the table   [TGT] said.
  [TGT]   used similar language in a series of tweets earlier in January.
  [TGT] doubled down Thursday on a change to the US's approach to Middle East peace while speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos  Switzerland  at the World Economic Forum.
"We took Jerusalem off the table   [TGT] said. "So we don't have to talk about it anymore."
It was unclear from   [TGT]  's televised remarks whether   [TGT]   was merely doubling down on or also expanding the shift in US policy on Israel   [TGT]   announced in a landmark speech in December. In those remarks    [TGT] recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and said the US would be moving its embassy in the country there from Tel Aviv.
  [TGT] has suggested   [TGT]   hopes to move the Israeli-Palestinian peace process forward by removing the status of the holy city as a debatable issue.
"You won one point  and you'll give up some points later in the negotiation  if there's ever a negotiation  "  [TGT]   told Netanyahu on Thursday.
Some analysts  however  interpreted   [TGT]  's latest words as signaling a new unwillingness to negotiate the borders of Jerusalem  as the Palestinians generally seek East Jerusalem as their capital in a two-state solution to the conflict.
  [TGT]   used similar language as   [TGT]   did Thursday in a series of tweets earlier in January.
"We pay the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect. They don't even want to negotiate a long overdue peace treaty with Israel  "  [TGT]   tweeted. "We have taken Jerusalem  the toughest part of the negotiation  off the table  but Israel  for that  would have had to pay more."
  [TGT] on Thursday said   [TGT]   believed US aid payments to Palestine were still "on the table" for negotiations.
The US has yet to present its much-discussed peace plan for the Middle East  but   [TGT]   said Thursday: "It's a great proposal for the Palestinians. I think it's a very good proposal for Israel."
Both recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moving the US Embassy were among   [TGT]  's campaign promises and change decades of US policy in the Middle East.
Notably  however    [TGT] said then that the US was not ruling out future changes to borders.
"We are not taking a position of any final status issues including the specific boundaries of the Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem or the resolution of contested borders "   [TGT]   said in the December speech. "Those questions are up to the parties involved."