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Just 'cause i was raised outside the faith with no particular attachment or loyalty to israel doesn't mean that plenty of people on this earth don't hate me in principle. i know that. but the state of israel, i never really knew what to think. first, look around, it's like everybody says. it's pretty. it's awesome. it's urban, sophisticated, hip, like southern california, only nicer. then you see the young draftees on the streets and you start to get the idea. this is jerusalem. >> yotam: i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates to the old city and these walls are pretty...

The faith with no particular attachment or loyalty to israel doesn't mean that plenty of people on this earth don't hate me in principle. i know that. but the state of israel, i never really knew what to think. first, look around, it's like everybody says. it's pretty. it's awesome. it's urban, sophisticated, hip, like southern california, only nicer. then you see the young draftees on the streets and you start to get the idea. this is jerusalem. >> yotam: i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of

Just cause i was raised outside the faith with no particular attachment or loyalty to israel doesn't mean that plenty of people on this earth don't hate me in principle. i know that. but the state of israel, i never really knew what to think. first, look around, it's like everybody says. it's pretty. it's awesome. it's urban, sophisticated, hip, like southern california, only nicer. then you see the young draftees on the streets and you start to get the idea. this is jerusalem. >> yotam: i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates to the old city and these walls are- pretty...

This is not the u.n. consensus. this is a very big break with the international consensus around israel. what is the consensus? the consensus basically revolves around most contentious part of the middle east and that is jerusalem. for many, many years not only have international u.n. resolutions placed it as partly occupied territory but the united states has always said that this is a subject that has to be resolved by the two paerts at the end of the process. this is not what is happening right now. what it does is as jeff pointed out, jeff zeleny, really puts a spanner in the works to any ...

Symbolizes that we recognize a historical truth for 3,000 years and that is jerusalem is the legitimate capital of israel, and if that's true, it blows apart the myth perpetrated by the left that the israelis, the jewish people came in and stole this land from the palestinians 70 years ago. you know, netanyahu said last night peace can never be built on a lie. peace has to be built on truth. and the truth is the jewish people have occupied this land for thousands of years. jerusalem is their capital. that is the starting place, not the ending place, but it's the starting place for a true peace...