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Palestinian leader to make, im afraid that hackneyed phrase, the incredibly hard and brave choices for peace and compromise? and as yet it hasnt happened. there are lots and lots of complications, not least the palestinians, which are embroiled with a whole hamas side of the equation, and the israelis that are going further and further to the right. bibi netanyahus government is a very far right government. its coalition allies are far right. since president trump has been elected, the governmen...

Indications from senior officials that is on hold. even though the president selected an ambassador to israel from the united states who believes that that move should take place. also an ambassador who does not support a two-state solution, home for both israel and the palestinians. so there are some policy differences here. and, in part, what the president is telling us through his advisers and in his own words, is that hes looking for the israelis to be willing to do something, to give someth...

Incite the palestinians. welcome to the middle east mr. president. on the first one the ambassadors roll their eyes and even mock the president when he says one state, two state. but there are some people who think a guys whos not so bogged down in the details but who does broad per a ra-- >> there are a lot who think bringing the two state solution down to one option was a good move because the palestinian government has simply crumbled. its not what it was 10, 15 years ago. not when george w b...

Power more than a decade and easily coward by hamas. i just cant see what an alternative would be other than a peaceful status quo. pete: on the point briefly, it does appear that the status quo, a peaceful status quo is far more likely in two-state solution. the sense that that window as the doctor said is largely closed. ultimately you have to find a place where two populations can live next to each other without one seeking the destruction of each other. >> if i can share, pete and i were spe...

Tone than they expected and a lot of people arent happy. >> from the palestinians perspective you hit it right. they were expecting the worst and havent gotten as bad as they thought. there is some willingness, openness to talk to them. he is a deal maker. there is a cautionary note in being a deal maker. this deal, middle eastern peace between the palestinians and the israelis will not get done simply because an american president wants to get it done. it will only get done if the palestinians ...

Stage, which option is most likely, if any, at this point. ? well, anything is more clear than the answer he gave there. that was seen as noncommittal or uninformed answer about the conflict. yet his position has since fall sboon line with previous administrations and decades of u.s. foreign policy, its only a two-state solution, that would have been made clear to him by the arab states which would have said its got to be a two-state solution and that looks like very much right now what is israe...

Number one, he said he was going to move the american embassy to jerusalem quickly, now it doesnt look like thats going to happen. >> yjerusalem is the capital -- >> so you wish he would keep that promise. >> the president is coming to mete the prime minister in jerusal jerusalem. all embassies should move to jerusalem. we hope that the embassy will eventually move to jerusalem. >> theres a question of a two state solution. the president said he can live with either. where are you in terms of th...

Accomplished over the next couple of days? >> well, nobody inside the white house thinks theyre going to accomplish anything especially dramatic on this trip but what you should see is the israelis will probably make a few concessions, largely symbolic to show trump that theyre serious about a two-state solution. so you might see some economic initiatives for the palestinians. the perspective inside the white house, what jared kushner, who is really leading this peace process in the administrati...

I mean, just a couple months ago when bibi netanyahu was visiting washington and president trump and the prime minister had a joint press conference in the white house, a reporter asked the president if he supports the two-state solution. >> right. >> something that has been a cornerstone of u.s. foreign policy, and president trumps response was, yeah, sure, two states, one state, whatever he wants. so, so far, theres been no indication whatsoever that president trump has what it takes on the fo...

I also think, again, youve got to think of domestic politics and isreal dont really lend themselves to finding a so collusion to the israeli/palestinian conflict. it could take some time. but you notice what you didnt hear. you didnt hear either guy talk about the two-state solution. thats what will really be interesting to see what happens tomorrow when he meets with president abbas. i dont know that its going to be a frosty meeting with president abbas, but i do think that president abbas is g...