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Church of the holy sepulcher and all of these related sites but the real goal here is to get the prime minister and - back to the table. it is not an easy task. a lot of other presidents have tried. but this is what he is coming here to do. just a few hours ago the israeli cabinet met and approved economic - this is seen as a positive first step but it is a small step in this very long process. there are lots of other issues. one of the things hanging over this visit by the president is that the...

The u.s. president emphasized that peace in the region is possible and its time to make a deal. he invited mr. abbas to the white house, but no date was set. reports say the palestinian leader will stress his concerns about israeli settle mthe building ament building and state for two state solution. now one step around from con fi fir nation. david friedmans nomination was confirmed thursday. nation. david friedmans nomination was confirmed thursday. as or ren leash mieberman repor president ...

A deal. he invited him to the white house but no date has been set. they say the palestinian leader will express his concerns to the settlement building. mr. trumps choicetor u.s. ambassador to israel has been a supporter of settlements and hes now just one step away from confirmation. senate committee approved his nomination on thursday and he could be confirmed next week. president trump also has connections to israels settlement activity. >> in the shadow of the palestinian city of ra mall la...

If theres going to be an outside-in deal where the arabs buy into a settlement between the palestinian authority and the israeli government, time is wasting. you go through the west bank and see those settlements on top of the hills and the palestinian villages below and its a very intimidating situation. and i thought president trump was right to say to prime minister netanyahu yesterday that he ought to cool it on the settlement activity. but can i say something else, though? im burning to say...

Happening. and youre going to see a lot of love. youre going to see a lot of love. >> were getting reaction inside the west bank this morning including from the prime ministers own brother-in-law. . we get more from chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> good morning, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he would consider president trumps request to slow down settlement activity, but not in jerusalem, where approved projects would go ahead. he asked the u.s. president to recogni...

Anti-semitic incidence across the united states, and i wonder what do you say among the jewish community in the states and israel and make around the world who believe that your administration is playing with -- and maybe racist tones? mr. prime minister, do you agree to what the president just said about the need for israel to restrain or to stop settlement activity in the west bank, and a quick follow-up on my friends question. simple question. do you back off from your vision to the end of th...

This peace process is headed at this point? >> well, what i am -- im not comfortable. what im most uncomfortable with is if the palestinians had an election right now, hamas would win. they are financially rewarding people for murdering innocent israelis. i met with the prime minister of the palestinian authority in ramall ramallah. he said in no uncertain terms they would never recognize israel as a state. with regard to where all the settlement activity is going on, im confident that the israe...

Congress is also talking about that and saying nothing is off the table. i think the question is what is really meant by this, have they coordinated some plan? is it about the missile firings? where are they on the nuclear deal? a number of questions that were not answered in that rather rapid entrance by the national security advisor into the press briefing room. >> steve, do you think theres a kind of return to normalcy taking place. if you look at statement on israel, the israeli settlements,...

>> reporter: not clear is how this meshes with president trumps views into a cohesive policy. and on the middle east president trump had blasted the obama administration for not voting against a u.n. resolution condemning israels ongoing building of settlements in the west bank. yet now this surprising statement from the white house -- "while we dont believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond the...

Is it about the missile firings? where are they on the nuclear deal? a number of questions that were not answered in that rather rapid entrance by the national security advisor into the press briefing room. >> steve, do you think theres a kind of return to normalcy taking place. if you look at statement on israel, the israeli settlements, the statement is the kind of statement the white house has made for 40 years. we dont think settlement activity helps the peace process. on russia you look at ...