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Campaign since 2014. again the u.n. and the egyptians were able calm the tensions, but this uptick in violence, it's cyclical. we are seeing it time and time again, without any cease-fire permanent truce between the gaza faction and israel. >> you know this all goes back to march when these protests were planned, but they were to ends in may, weren't they, ian? >> yeah, they were leading up to the embassy move when the occupation was inaugurateing the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. the protests were leading up to the state. they continued open a weekly basis. we've seen various degrees of violence...

Have come to mahmoud abbas, the palestinian leader and said, i know you don't like this embassy move, but look whey got you. i got you something obama never got you, i got a freeze on israeli settlements. then he could have gone to the arab world and said, look what i have done, i advanced the process. i have done something hard and i want you guys to do something hard. i want you to accept some israeli tourists. i want you to give some interviews to israeli journalists. he could have had leverage. instead he gave away the most valuable diplomatic real estate in the middle east treasure box an...

Preserve that zone for the two-state solution. that's what he would have said. i would trade you this embassy move for that. >> that would have been the art of the deal. >> that would have been the art of the deal. had trump done that he could have come to mahmoud abbas, the palestinian leader and said, i know you don't like this embassy move but i got you something obama never got you, i got a freeze on israeli settlements. then he could have gone to the arab world and said, look what i have done, advanced the process. i have done something hard and i want you guys to do something hard, accep...

This had nothing to do with diplomacy. but to say that us moving the embassy to jerusalem is the first step toward peace is such stuff and nonsense, anderson. what would a real american president have done if he wanted to actually use the embassy move as a step toward peace? here is what he would have done. he would have come to netanyahu, prime minister of israel, here is what i am ready to do. you have coveted the u.s. embassy being moved from tell have vive to jerusalem and recognizing jerusalem as your capital. we are ready to do that on one condition. you will freeze all israeli settlemen...

>> laura: victor davis hanson check out the difference between the way the media covered the opening of cuba and this. let's watch. >> as he makes these remarks at the opening of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem, a highly controversial move by president trump. >> it was a real historic day steeped in symbolism not only to the national anthem. >> the move, this very controversial move, which clearly is a blow to palestinians. >> we leave you with sights and sounds of this historic day here in the cuban capital. >> underlining just how controversial this embassy move is. >> we will turn out to an h...