Egypt, Jordan, Palestine hold joint summit

Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a Palestinian state based on June 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital during a trilateral summit in Cairo on Thursday. In a joint statement following the meeting, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II condemned Israeli settlement activity and the displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank, which they said “undermine the two-state solution.”