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Partner to totally unqualified and risking u.s. credibility around the world. in tapping his long-time friend and bankruptcy lawyer david friedman as his ambassador to israel, donald trump moved to make good on a campaign promise. >> we will send a clear signal that there is no lay light between america and our most reliable ally, the state of israel. >> reporter: israels right wing education minister praised friedman calling him, quote, a great friend of israel. by appointing the hard line frie...

Two-state solution, the idea that israel and palestine could live together which is the basis for u.s. diplomacy in the middle east for decades and does this appointment indicate mr. trump is rethinking the two-state solution. >> no, i dont think it does. they represent the views of president-elect trump and not their own views when they are appointed into the positions and the same thing with the cabinet secretaries and there are things that individually people may believe in their hearts or mi...

Connected with people would have real anxiety and if the democrats would be better serving themselves if they spent time talking about the economic anxiety that people in this country have -- >> but wait a minute. i dont want to do -- i want to get out of the boilerplate here, michael. you talk about constitutional principles here. and is the electors and the idea they might reexamib the whole idea about whether or not they support trump, is that exercising constitutional principles. >> sure but...

Freedman said, quote, theyre fought jewish and theyre not pro-israel. in a statement, the group that supports a two-state solution for israelis and palestinians, says it was, quote, vehemently oppose dollars to freedmans nomination, calling it reckless and putting americas reputation in the region and credibility around the world at risk. the current informer diplomates say by picking freedman as ambassador and promising to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, donald trump is running counter to h...

The desire of the state department. the reaction from donald trump is going to be, you know, youre all fired. >> reporter: for decades, u.s. presidents have argued the status of jerusalem which both israelis and palestinians see as their rightful capital can only be settled as part of a peace deal. friedman has criticized the left-leaning jewish lobby j street which has criticized some israeli policies calling them "far worse than cappos, jews who turned in fellow jews in the nazi death camps." ...

In jerusalem. that may well be initially the most concrete manifestation of a change in policy. the other matter, two state solution, donald trump wants to be a negotiator. he thinks that he can fix the problem. those are in many respects, that remains to be seen. and again, i think its an ambassadorial appointment that represents a decision on the part of the trump administration to break decisively at least symbolically with previous administrations and to send a signal that the u.s./israeli r...

Interesting question. the two state solution was going nowhere. israel holds all the cards. right now there is no appetite. the palestinians are divided %-p ground it makes that much difference. it is true however that it sends a rather strange signal. because the views are pretty extreme. and it is not just the issue of the two-state solution and annexations of the west bank. hes referred to all as the nazi whose assisted in the camps. and hes called barack obama an anti-semiite. and this is to...

Between america and our most reliable ally, the state of israel. >> israels rite wing education minister praised freedman, calling him a, quote, great friend of israel. by appointing hard line freedman as ambassador, trump could be looking to reverse policy towards israel. freedman has no experience in diplomacy. he has questioned the need for a palestinian state, writing that a two-state solution appears, quote, impossible, as long as the poll sinnans are unwilling to renounce violence against ...

The u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. >> that would offend decades of u.s. policy. friedman has balked at the two-state solution for israel and palestinians. more from global affairs correspondent elise lab on the. >> reporter: in tapping his longtime friend and bankruptcy lawyer david friedman as ambassador to israel, donald trump moved to make good on a campaign promise. >> we will send a clear signal that there is no daylight between america and our most reliable ally, the state of isr...

This season, start a new tradition. experience the power of infiniti now, with leases starting at $319 a month. infiniti. empower the drive. a trump administration will never pressure israel into a two-state solution or any other solution that is against the wishes of the israeli people. >> here to discuss trumps far-right pick to be u.s. ambassador to israel david friedman is jeremy ben-ami leader of j-street who friedman has negatively compared to nazi collaborators because of his political ...