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And we are back with richard haass, anne-marie slaughter, ian bremmer and matthew kroenig. we were talking about how trump seems and he has been optimistic about peace between the israelis and palestinians. do you understand this? what is behind this strange optimism? >> from his mouth to god's ear. but i don't think god is listening on this one. for him, it's the deal of excellence. and if you can do it, it would reinforce his persona. but it's not going to happen. the parties are not ready and able to make significant compromises. this is true of israel as is the palestinians. just in case i...

And we are back with richard haass, anne-marie slaughter, ian bremmer and matthew kroenig. we were talking about how trump seems and he has been optimistic about peace between the israelis and palestinians. do you understand this? what is behind this strange optimism? >> from his mouth to god's ear. but i don't think god is listening on this one. for him, it's the deal of excellence. and if you can do it, it would reinforce his persona. but it's not going to happen. the parties are not ready and able to make significant compromises. this is true of israel as is the palestinians. just in case i...

Peace process seems to have lost very little of its allure. and the other is the prominence, the trump administration's giving it. i mean, i say two things. one is i think they're extremely unlikely to make progress. you don't have leadership on either side that's willing and able to make the sort of necessary compromises you need. but imagine i'm wrong. imagine they could make significant progress, it wouldn't affect what's going on in syria. in libya. in yemen. what's so interesting is how the israeli/palestinian issue has evolved into something of a local dispute. obviously of great importa...

One is the sense that it's not that hard. the seduction of the middle east peace process seems to have lost very little of its allure. and the other is the prominence, the trump administration's giving it. i mean, i say two things. one is i think they're extremely unlikely to make progress. you don't have leadership on either side that's willing and able to make the sort of necessary compromises you need. but imagine i'm wrong. imagine they could make significant progress, it wouldn't affect what's going on in syria. in libya. in yemen. what's so interesting is how the israeli/palestinian issu...

This phone call is over. we don't know much more about what was talked about. what with do know is what prime minister benjamin netanyahu wanted to talk about, about the israeli/palestinian issue, what's going on with syria, with russia and bashar al assad across the golan and he wanted to talk not only about settlements but also about the iran deal. in fact, he said that was his primary goal at this this morning's cabinet meeting. here is a quote from that cabinet meeting why netanyahu said the supreme goal of the state of israel continues to be stopping the iranian threat and stopping threat...