Luke Baker and Steve Holland

Trump Avoids Backing Two-State Solution In Disjointed Statement After Netanyahu Meeting

President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb settlement activity but avoided any explicit endorsement of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of U.S. Middle East policy. Trump gave a convoluted response to a question on whether he backed a two-state solution, he suggested that he…