"I look forward to discussing with President Trump the best ways to advance peace. This is something we fervently share with the President,’’ said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting with visiting Romanian Prime Minster Sori Grindeanu in Jerusalem.

He was commenting statements made a day before by US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House with Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas about the possibility of launching a new peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.

Netanyahu added: ‘’I heard President Abbas yesterday say that they teach, Palestinians teach their children peace. That’s unfortunately not true. They name their schools after mass murderers of Israelis and they pay terrorists. But I hope that it’s possible to achieve a change and to pursue a genuine peace. This is something Israel is always ready for. I’m always ready for genuine peace."

He also stated that discussing an approach to advancing peace talks was a priority that both his government and Trump seek. "This is something we fervently share with the President." President Trump is due to visit Israel later this month.

The US president is due to visit Israel later this month.

The Jerusalem Post reports that Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi is due in Brussels for a high-level meeting with representatives from the Palestinian Authority, the European Union, the United States and the United Nations, called the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee.

The annual meeting, which coordinates donor funding to the PA, will be hosted by EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini and chaired by Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende.

On the sidelines of that meeting, US special Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt is expected to update Hanegbi on President Trump's talk with Abbas in Washington.