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The building itself sits right next to the green line which delynn yiynn -- delineates east west jerusalem. it holds very little practical significance in terms of modern day jerusalem, and yet that zone retains incredible political importance. the mayor of jerusalem celebrated the official opening by posting new road signs. >> it sends a very clear message to jerusalemites and others with the support that israel has in the solidarity of the new embassy. >> other countries were looking to move t...

Embassies to jerusalem. >> elise lavit, thank you very much. the decision to have the u.s. recognize jerusalem as its nations capital has been heralded by some and decried by others. but what are the actual implications. cnns orren libra en liebermann look. >> reporter: among the reasons for the palestinians to celebrate is this. >> we are delighted with president trumps decision to move the embassy here. it says a simple thing, peace must be based on truth. >> reporter: but why is this such a...

Palestinians. >> the palestinians have not talked to the israelis or the united states since this move, and they say it delegitimizes this move as an honest broker. they say this is kind of a recognition of what is long known to be fact, that while the whole idea of the boundaries of jerusalem are up for negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis, some part of jerusalem will be israels capital. will that be the whole city, will that be the whole municipal? that remains to be seen bet...

Strongly for all to respect the citys status quo, in accordance with the relevant u.n. resolutions." palestinians want jerusalem to be their capital too and express their displeasure by burning pictures of president trump and declaring what they call "three days of rage," although the feared rights did not materialize today. a number of sources on the ground tell me that was because of the weather in jerusalem. but the chilly rain did not take down the temperature of the rights. palestinian spok...

Dangerous and practice. what changed? >> whats interesting is, its not just former presidents but the american people. in 1995, the american people, through the members of congress, said they wanted to acknowledge jerusalem and they wanted the embassy moved there, like we do in every other country, having the embassy of the capital. what happened is, president after president kept being told, dont do it, dont do it, youll mess up the product to make peace process. 22 years later, we havent had a...

>> martha: initially said, we have to look at it. it is not a done deal? is the united states recommending that our team goes? >> there is an open question. i have not heard anything about that. but i do know that in the talks that we have had, whether it is jerusalem, north korea, it is always about, how do we do protect u.s. citizens in the area. those are conversations that are happening. >> martha: do you feel comfortable sending family members, if they were athletes on our team? >> i thin...

Alleys to make allies disagree, our closest ally, to theresa ma, disagreed. are you comfortable with the fact that it could lead to killings in the middle east as a result of this decision? >> of course we dont want to see killings. we dont want to see violence. but lets be clear, lets do a reality check, jerusalem is the capital of israel. we are acknowledging something that is common sense to everyone. the parliament is there. the prime ministers there. the supreme court as they. that is the c...

Seen. he has declared jerusalem the capital of israel, but he has also signed a waiver saying that they are not moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem yet. they are only beginning the planning process for that. the actual move quote, after the 2020 election. the israelis, of course, call jerusalem their capital. that is where the prime minister lives and their parliaments sits, but for decades, the u.s. embassy has been 60 miles wait in tel aviv, a nod from hoax from brokering a peace dea...

Believes the time has come. >> after more than two decades, we are no closer to a lasting peace agreement between israel and the palestinians. it would be folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce a different or better result. therefore, i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> martha: in moments, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley is here with her inclusive insight on -- exclusive insight on this story. h...

Israelis promise in return? this is something they have wanted for a long time. they are part of this move. in terms of the status quo, in terms of jerusalem, in terms of use jerusalem, what are the process in return? >> well, first of all, this was not a decision made with the israelis. this was a decision by the president for the american people. and so it was a decision that we also jerusalem should be the capital and the embassy should be there. this decision should not weigh in on the peace...