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First, when it comes to east jerusalem, temple mount, theres almost a mission now by the israeli police to show that what happened in gaza has no influence on the west bank and on east jerusalem, many on the temple mount, meaning that hamas didnt win in jerusalem, even if there was a war in gaza, it has no link to east jerusalem. this is why theyre firm in the temple mount. inside israel, i think were still in the aftermath of inter communal violence between arabs and jews, worst violence since ...

Lines on the west blank and some of the policies may be. but to stand by and watch people just attack, being attacked in times square and other places because theyre jewish, we must race our voices against that, as we also ask jjews and arabs to raise their voices with us on george floyd and other cases. you cant have it any other way. you must fight against any wrong, or you dont have the moral authority to fight when you are wronged. >> and how do those challenges play into president bidens ne...

>> were going to look at everything that has been done before. learn from that just as we have in other areas. and see what makes sense and what doesnt. but our focus right now relentlessly is on dealing with the humanitarian situation, starting to do reconstruction, rebuild and engage intensely with everyone, with palestinians, with israelis, with partners in the region. >> prime minister netanyahu says that he will form a national unit government but not with any israeli arabs in it. israeli a...

Get to that point. >> but does the united states government still endorse the outlines of that plan? >> were going to look at everything that has been done before. learn from that just as we have in other areas. and see what makes sense and what doesnt. but our focus right now relentlessly is on dealing with the humanitarian situation, starting to do reconstruction, rebuild and engage intensely with everyone, with palestinians, with israelis, with partners in the region. >> prime minister netany...

The gaza strip. or israel with some demonstration to stake it out. that led to hamas seeing an opening and trying to take control or take leadership of this conflict. and we saw even clashes inside israel. what were seeing now, not just israel, israel/hamas, and the cease-fire between them. but broader conflicts in other territories, israel in particular but the west bank. the communal violence between jews and arabs and palestinians inside of israel. a lot of that has died down within israel wh...

You have decades of conflicts between these two warring neighbors. what can the u.s. do right now to diffuse the situation today and to have long-term peace? >> i do think it is fragile, and we have this pent-up frustration over the complete absence of any progress toward meaningful peace between israel and palestine basically for the last 25 years and the frustration is intense and second, youve got some significant governance challenges. in israel, theyve not been able to form a government aft...

Much. there was supposed to be selections that were postponed, and we need a conclusion that has gone four rounds and headed to a fifth, and i would just hope they would try to put together a coalition that welcomes the israeli arabs that are now alienated and were part of the parliament. >> lets talk about the american lip here. the president spoke to netanyahu i think six times. how important were they on brokering this. what was the u.s.s role behind the scenes? >> we dont exactly know. i lov...

Celebrations overnight. thousands in the street celebrating a quiet night there. damage to infrastructure. people killed, children killed. we have all seen the images. but as to the question whether or not this will hold, thats a big, big question mark. i think a lot of people are in doubt. a lot of damage has been done not just to -- not just physical damage. but damage between relations of jews and arabs, jews and palestinians in israel. were not just talking about damage in conventional war f...

Twofold. one, the palestinian people who as zaire was driring, have sought liberation for decades are trying to reclaim their narrative, and we have seen it with the media, reduces the conflict with the phrases, its israel versus the arabs, and palestinians constantly say, that is what they did in this conflict. that is it a very important part of the equation. when you talk about palestinians, which palestinians? palestinians that live in israel? palestinians that live in jerusalem, the west ba...

Claim leadership of the palestinian cause. on the israeli side, there are reasons why israel wouldnt want to continue this. one, the idea that 20% of its population, the bows indian citizens, we are getting more and more involved in this. that was something israel was uncomfortable with. we saw inter israeli mobs of violence start to emerge during this. that never happened in the past where you had israeli arabs, and israeli jews, fighting each other on the streets. throwing firebombs that each ...