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A few politicians have spoken with him and said, let's get this trip over with. and part of the concern there is what moves president trump might try to make on an israeli/pastinian peace process. saying two-state solution, or asking for a settlement freeze could be a major problem for benjamin netanyahu's government. he has coalition partners that don't want to see a palestinian state established. the more they focus on the israel-palestinian conflict, the worse it is for the israeli government. the more it focuses on iran, the better. and the palestinians are quite relaxed heading into this ...

Ideas, asked the right questions. and it will be his input that, perhaps, guides trump on what he intends to do on the peace process. >> we're looking at live pictures in riyadh. we're expecting donald trump himself to arrive at the hotel, where they're being hosted, oren. i want to touch on something you were saying earlier. and the potential pitfalls for mr. trump during his trip to israel. despite the fact he's in friendly territory, is there something he can say that would be a problem, with respect to benjamin netanyahu? >> if trump comes here, and demands a settlement freeze, it will be ...

Outside in strategy looking to other players in the region. to basically bring the palestinians along to get them to the table. is that feetible? >> we tried that. i tried very hard on behalf of president obama to take steps in the direction of normalization based on the issue by king abdullah of saudi arabia. we asked everybody to and we asked everybody to do something, the israelis to do a settlement freeze and the palestinians to take steps to reduce incitement and hatred, and so forth. but everybody wanted the other rule first, so nobody would move at all. now circumstances have changed so...

That makes it clear that what you said in the campaign just isn't realistic, then you have to modify your views. >> the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, is the one the president has said is going to be focused on getting a peace agreement between israel and the palestinians. he has said to kind of be looking at an outside-in strategy, looking to other players in the region, in the arab countries, to basically bring palestinians along in order to get them to the table. is that feasible? >> it is feasible. we tried that. i tried very hard on behalf of president obama to get the arab states...

Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, head of state, america's closest allies, speaking over the head of the current president directly to the incoming president. have you ever seen anything like this before? >> oh, certainly not on twitter, but, look, i think some of the way this is playing out is a tad unprecedented but it's also in some ways just a bookend to the really bad relationship that president obama and prime minister netanyahu have had. prime minister netanyahu, excuse me, president obama asked prime minister netanyahu in 2009 for a settlement freeze, and was never able to rea...