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Former israeli ambassador to the u.s. we appreciate you taking time for us today. >> hi. erica. welcome from jerusalem. rirts a great moment for us here. we have waited 70 years for this moment for america to recognize jerusalem as our capital. jerusalem has been the capital of the jewish people for 3,000 years. its a great day for us. >> you believe this is the right decision when it comes to the peace process. george mitchell telling my colleague this under mines the presidents own efforts for...

Be decided by them with the assistance of the united states. and to implement that, the united states has a policy of refraining from deciding these issues independent of those negotiations. it has been the policy of the trump administration. he says he has a plan to bring the parties together in negotiation to get an agreement. unfortunately this decision, while confirming a reality, does not advance the process. in fact, it undermines the pridents own effort to get the parties together because...

During the obama administration. to me it would have made sense to do it in the context of presenting the broad outline of the two-state collusion. during the negotiations themselves, inside was perfectly reasonable to use that waiver. >> there will be people in this region you say quite frankly now that this step is being made, a two-state solution is dead in the water. >> well, its certainly not in the cards any time soon. we have an israeli and a palestinian leader who completely mistrust eac...

Chairman of the zionist union. we witnessed celebrations on jerusalem day on israelis last night in anticipation of the opening of the embassy here. i spoke to malak, who simply tells me that being stateless is grueling. as you consider the week that we are moving into, the opening of the embassy at the palestinian when they consider the founding of israel as a disaster, the beginning of ramadan, what are your concerns? >> first of all, i want to send a message of peace to all our muslim friends...

Won here. but without any details on a new u.s. peace plan, without any sense of what that would look like, without any sense that israel has been forced to make any concessions, the bottom line to many is that this embassy move looks like a slam-dunk in favor of the israelis. >> well, its certainly something the israelis have sought. and it would have been better for the trump administration to place this decision in the broad context of a two-state solution plan that includes identifying east ...

Israel is still disaster, and they dont understand that the establishment of an american embassy in west jerusalem is something that should have been natural. it only makes justice for the state of israel as should have been done 70 years ago. president trump in his own comments said the borders of israels sovereignty will be determined by negotiations. so its all there except that one has to say the truth. israel has a capital. its jerusalem, and i tell you outright, as the leader of the opposi...

Process is on. >> even though that statement last december referred to the fact that the final status borders and status cities were open for negotiation, the fact is the israelis have laid claim to the entire city. they are doing everything they possibly can, i think, to make a palestinian capital in the mideast. the embassy of the united states of america belongs in west jerusalem. its probably one of the only countries in the world in which we do not maintain a diplomatic presence in the pref...

Difficult to control. "outfront" now, the democratic senator from oregon jeff merkley who sits on the senate foreign relations committee. theres been a lot of bloodshed. ian lee was in gaza, saying its expected to continue tomorrow. israeli defense forces tonight saying theyll respond in kind to terror. so the rhetoric is upping even itself its still dark. people died today. many were injured. does president trump bear some of the blame or not? >> well, the situation is certainly horrific. and i...

His prayers for the peace of jerusalem. but they could have found somebody better. >> dana: i have 30 seconds left. raj shah also said todays decision and the opening of the embassy in jerusalem does not hurt a possible peace plan going forward with the palestinians. >> assuming the palestinians want a two-state solution and they have given every indication, not just hamas but mahmoud abbas with the antisemitism and rejection of a state no matter where the borders were drawn but if they were wil...

The same right that is enjoyed by every other country in the world. >> we also witnessed today a ceremony of the prime minister of israel and the administration of president trump the peace price. burying the two state solution killing the hope of the minds of the people in the middle east of the possibility of peace. >> bret: it was a campaign promise and it has been delivered. the u.s. embassy moved from tel aviv to jerusalem. other countries have followed suit or in the process of doing that ...