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Apart. the palestinian president is really not in a position to negotiate. hes been in power far too long. doesnt have the support of his people. hes unlikely to be able to sell a deal even if willing to buy one. on the israeli side, a majority of the cabinet that doesnt believe in a two-state solution anymore. lets be honest. it was always a long shot but now to go in and basically have the united states say were taking the most sensitive issue of all, jerusalem, and were just going to decide u...

I think the current consulate building will be turned into the u.s. embassy. theyre not necessarily ruling out the possibility that a future palestinian state, if it were to emerge, this two-state solution, which everyone seems to support, except for some hardliners. >> right. >> that there could be palestinian capital in east jerusalem. has the trump administration, from your perspective, eliminated that possibility? >> look, its been very ambiguous on the point. when the president first announ...

The rebel free syrian army unit that turkey backs. from there you can see a hilltop where we were told are some key wpg positions, sniper positions. they do have an advantage in this particular area, given that they do hold this higher ground. when you drive through this terrain, you get an idea of just how potentially challenging this is. its very rural. the communities there are quite widespread. there are also a number of makeshift refugee encampments that do exist as well. a lot of the civil...

Decided jerusalems future against the interests of the palestinians and then he expects them to say, thank you, sir, please, can we have some more? so this is a little bit kicking them when theyre down, threatening to cut off aid after he has unilaterally decided jerusalem. because it makes the prospect for peace even dimmer, what that raen really means is never mind whether you talk about a one-state solution or two-state solution, the idea of a jewish democratic israel is on the table and now ...

Here in the middle east now for decades. >> you have changed that with your speech yesterday. >> i dont believe so. what i said yesterday is long-standing american policy. the american people cherish our relationship with the state of israel. we stand with israel for her security and her prosperity. but in the same breath, i said yesterday what president trump said on december 6th. even while he announced we are recognizing jerusalem here as the capital of israel, moving our embassy here, he als...

We dont expect anything out of the ordinary. what we expect is reaffirmation between the bond between israel and the united states, between benjamin netanyahu and president trump. we expect pence to talk about moving the embassy. that is expected to happen sometime in the next year or so. and then we expect pence to say trump is committed to a two-state solution and a peace process. that is something pence talked about in jordan and egypt. even though it seems to have sent plans off the rails. s...

>> we take no position on boundaries and final status. those are subject to negotiation, and as i have made clear to you and the president made clear to the world, the united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two-state solution. >> later at a base near the syrian jordan border he talked to the u.s. military. he discussed the budget lockdown and accused what he called a minority in the senate with playing politics with military pay. >> were going to demand they reopen ...

Jerusalem. >> we take no position on boundaries and final positions. the united statesed of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two-state solution. reporter: mr. pence spoke to members of the i.s. military. he discussed the budget deadline thate shut down the government and accused a minority in the senate of playing politics with military play. >> we are going to demand they reopen the government and give our soldiers and your families the benefits and wages you earned.nd report...

Benjamin netanyahu congratulated pence on his speech. >> it was a powerful expression of the enduring bond between our countries. >> the palestinian leadership boycotted mr. pence because of the u.s. position on jerusalem. a palestinian lawmaker accused the vice president of using his religion to set different medic policy. >> he brought to bear his ideological fundamentalism in order to punish the palestinian palestinians. >> sunday mr. pence met with jordans king . he reaffirmed the u.s. takes...

They were moving the embassy to jerusalem. and theres been a lot going on behind the scenes, as you well know. candidates in both parties have always pledged they would move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and been persuaded once they became president by their national security and foreign policy advisers and secretaries of state to do that would completely abort any hope for a peaceful agreement for two-state solution between israel and the palestinians because jerusalem is the hardest o...