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Established, the u.n. set out a proposition. two states, jewish state and arab state. that's how they called it at the time, an arab state. and we accepted and the palestinians rejected it. in fact, the entire world rejected it and tried to snuff us out. we were tiny. israel is a few miles wide, it's nothing. we were able to survive. and still, when i look back, 70 years later and ask you why is there no peace? because the palestinians say we don't want a state next to israel. we want a state instead of israel. and every time they get a piece of territory like in gaza, we just walked out of, t...

Palestinians were offered, you know, in 1948, when israel was established, the u.n. set out a proposition. two states, jewish state and arab state. that's how they called it at the time, an arab state. and we accepted and the palestinians rejected it. in fact, the entire world rejected it and tried to snuff us out. we were tiny. israel is a few miles wide, it's nothing. we were able to survive. and still, when i look back, 70 years later and ask you why is there no peace? because the palestinians say we don't want a state next to israel. we want a state instead of israel. and every time they g...

Otherwise this problem would have been resolved by prime minister before me from paris so [, it wasn't issue is not israel. the issue is do you accept israel. >> that's unattainable -- >> i think it's not pressure, it's example of peace. the fact that the beginning to dissipate if we have that coming from the outside in, we say we solve the palestinian problem then to the arab world. it may work other wide around. if you begin to normalize, begin to see normization with arab

Israel. the moving of the embassy would be seen in the arab world has a very unfriendly act. >> why? explain to somebody why would, it is israel's capital. aren't israelis right in saying this has been our functioning capital. every other country in the world functions capital where the embassies are. >> even before the bit you mentioned in the lead up to this, in 1947 united nations when it gave legitimacy to the idea of the a jewish state, an arab state said they had to be a separate entity. other countries have said until there's a final status resolution of the question of jerusalem, nobod...

Region of the politics. it's con founded american policy in the past.founded american po in the past. it's pressured the shiaa revi l revival. the american invasion of iraq in 2003 was the tipping point. the u.s. suffered bringing democracy to iraq. >> we will not relent until your country is free. >> people in the region saw something different. the up ending of the balance of power. sunni's who make up 85% of all muslims had long dominated the arab world even in shiite majority countries. in one stroke that changed. iraq, a major arab state would now be ruled by shiites. this rattled other a...