president trump promised to broker peace between the u.s. and palestinians saying, quote, we will get this done. later, he said this. it s a great honor to have president abbas with us. we ll be having lunch together. we ll be discussing details of what has proven to be a very difficult situation between israel and the palestinians. and let s see if we can find the solution. it s something that i think is, frankly, maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years. but we need two willing parties. we believe israel is willing. we believe you re willing. and if you both are willing, we re going to make a deal. well, that sounds familiar, it s not the first time president trump has said a complicated issue may be easy to fix. health care, for example. back now with the panel. jason, when you hear the president i mean, this is arguably the most difficult, contentious, you know, world issue on the global stage and
ago. the senior news editer is here to describe how the two-state solution would work in practice. here is the understanding for middle east peace until this morning. the two-state solutions based on the 48 borders, gazaa and the west bank, one state here, palestine. gazaa and the west bank, the rest of it is israel. one of the problems with that, one of the reasons that palestinian leaders said it wouldn t work. is the settlements, one of the questions is, what happens to them? the bigger question, what happens to the 2.5 million palestinians that live here in the west bank? what kinds of rights do they have? keeping in mind, this would all be one country, under a one state solution, minus the strip is one country. military service. all israeli have to serve in the military, three years for men,
state may be. if you abandon that concept, i don t think there is a lot of chance for peace between israelis and palestinians soon. i hope i am wrong. we heard in the news conference or before the news conference, the cia director meeting in the west bank with palestinia palestinians. they are trying to get ahead between the loving between the israelis and united states, the palestinians must be looking at this with great concern. this was to reassure them their interests would not be ignored. this weekend be the end of the two-state solution. there is not like there has been negotiations for a one-state solution. in the absence of success of looking for a two-state solution, it will be one large state as israeli continues to
senator, i want to start with you. a snippet of what we heard from prime minister netanyahu. we will talk about it on the other side. here it is. the great opportunity for peace comes from a regional approach from involving our new-found arab partners in the pursuit of a broader peace and peace with the palestinians. i look forward to discussing this in greater detail with you mr. president. i think that if we work together, we have a shot. what does it sound like to you? a recognition of reality. the major conflicts in the middle east are sunni verse
two for women. after that you are in for life as a reservist. land, that was there theirs, equal rights. would palestinians have the right to vote? same rights at israelis? the occupied west bank is under israeli military control. would that become under civilian control? these are a few of the very difficult questions that will have to be answered. walking us through what it all could mean. i want to bring in former senator joe leiberman, form als special correspondent, and bureau chief, and still with us as well.