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Withdrew from and i met several hundred palestinians and they kept saying the u.s. can't be an honest broker, what you want is an america that can be an effective broker. no one else took the place of the united states during the first four years of the george w. bush administration when it walked away from peace making after bill clinton. the europeans didn't, the russians didn't. no one did. the reason is no one else has the ability to influence the israelis as well as the palestinians and so i think the u.s. can be an effective broker but that's the key. you can't be an effective broker unl...

Background is. he's probably pro-israeli, but that's all i get. he goes over and says he's going to put together a grand deal. saudi arabia, jordan, our sunni allies, and israel all together against the iranian-led shia, and it's going to be our side is going to win and it's going to make sense and be cohesive with israel a key partner in the coalition. then we go away and we make a deal like this. and throws it right in the face of our potential sunni partners. >> the first rule of middle east peace making is the arab states will never go farther than the palestinians. that is, israelis and p...

Here's that conversation. when the president says that this is a long overdue step to advance the peace process and to work toward a lasting agreement, to that you say what? >> i say president trump became part of the problem, not part of the solution. he knows very well that we were engaged with him and his team very seriously in good faith in order to achieve the ultimate deal. and the main principle between us was, as we agreed with the israelis, no side should take any steps that preempt or prejudge issues of status including jerusalem. then comes president trump to announce that jerusalem...

Palestinian administrator just before air. here's that conversation. when the president says that this is a long overdue step to advance the peace process and to work toward a lasting agreement, to that you say what? >> i say president trump became part of the problem, not part of the solution. he knows very well that we were engaged with him and his team very seriously in good faith in order to achieve the ultimate deal. and the main principle between us as we agreed with the israelis no side should take any steps that preempt or prejudge issues of status including jerusalem. then comes presi...

Who talked about how this move, she believes, will destroy the peace process. let me play this for you. >> this isn't going to change the legal status of jerusalem, by the way, this will only undermine american standing throughout the world and it will disqualify the u.s. from playing a role in any peace making. >> she said it was irresponsible and doesn't change the status of jerusalem. what is your response? >> the response is the president is following his heart and history and saying and doing the right thing. there's no peace agreement without jerusalem being the capital of the jewish peo...