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Thought of fought crimea taking over ukraine. >> its hard to square that with what weve seen in this approach to date with regard to russia. >> what do you think of the palestinian issue? you heard the president saying, one-state solution, two-state solution, whatever the palestinians want and maybe its better to bring in other arab countries and get a bigger deal. what did you think of that? >> the part about trying to bring in other arab countries, looking at a bigger deal, thats something tha...

On settlements for a little bit. well work something out. >> what is the impact of this? well bring in dan shapiro former ambassador to israel. good to see you as always. what did you make of president trumps comments on the two-state, one-state, whatever the parties come up with solution? >> i actually dont think that can represent a significant break in u.s. policy. i think it was done as essentially a favor to prime minister netanyahu to buy him a little political space. when he was leaving i...

Because of the american commitment to that but there is no two-state solution and we have spent -- the countries have spent decades trying to come to a peaceful agreement that holds. it hasnt happened. what about those who say there needs to be a change in course? >> changing course -- what this -- the end result, i mean, what is the end result? i mean, what are we negotiating for? a situation where the palestinians will accept a benign form of occupation? either you have end of occupation or yo...

State may be. if you abandon that concept, i dont 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 ignor...

Has been going on for so long that to put some uncertainty or be willing to change it up might actually lead to a solution. >> eric: ive been listening to this all day in the left is going bonkers. for 20 years, whatever, 30 years weve had kind of an agreement pushing towards a two-state solution. president trump just blew 12 years, whatever it was, of foreign policy out of the water. what i heard was him saying whatever the two groups, whatever the palestinians and a israelis come up with how h...

So these are very sensitive issues. and i think were going to have to hear more from both prime minister netanyahu and president trump when they give that press conference later. >> a lot of eyes will be on that. nbcs richard engel live in tel aviv. for more on this visit im joined by the former deputy assistant secretary of house affairs for the state department. thanks for being here. a lot to get through here. lets pick up where richard left off. we need to find out more about what the whit...

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If its a one state or two-state solution. this is up to the parties. the united states came up with the two-state stloougs solution because it knows the parties are in their positions. they know it was unlikely to negotiate peace. it was part of the u.s. effort to push them. yes, you negotiate the details, but we want to give you a broad framework. it is remarkable that even before the first official meeting with the israeli prime minister, the president of the united states just ripped up the b...

>> please, go ahead. >> mr. president. in your vision for the new middle east peace, are you ready to give up the notion of a two-state solution, adapted by previous administration? would you be willing to hear different ideas from the prime ministers, some of the partners are asking to do, annexation of parts of the west bank, and unrestricted settlement constructions? and are you going to fulfill your promise to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. >> i am looking at the two state, and one stat...

Benjamin netanyahu will be at the white houstoeet with esent trump. hell arrive just before noon, we think. the president and the prime minister will go directly into the news conference and after that, they will have lunch and then the bilateral talks. the meeting part where theyll discuss things like middle east peace, right? the administration now signaling this two-state solution might not be the best way to get there. thats interesting. my colleague richard engel is joining me from tel aviv...