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Between the palestinians and the israelis. >> martha: very interesting. joining me now, former chief speechwriter to president george w. bush and fox news contributor. the executive director of the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights. welcome. good to have both of you here. so we've all watched this fascinating process over the past couple of days and it did spark people to sort of sound a bit more optimistic about this and we have heard in a long time is there a possibility here and if so, how does it work? >> i think you did hear a lot of optimism that one of things you didn't hear anything...

Palestinians, it's the persistent enduring palestine yal refusal to recognize a jewish state in any boundary. the issue is not this or that settle, the issue is do you accept a jewish state for god's sake and i think that's the main issue. i said that to president obama and i said it to president trump as well. >> the prime minister said in their closed door meeting which netanyahu calls very, very warm he spoke with the president about the fight against isis and the growing tensions with iran. in fact, added that many muslim nations now see israel as an ally in those two fights. the one or tw...

One state solution, two state solutions, we'll see what the parties agree to. what was your take on these areas where there did seem to be some disagreement? >> well, my take is with regard to the two or one-state solution, president trump seemed to be simply saying that they will accept whatever the parties negotiate and those parties are israel and palestinians. that's been the long-held position that the united states has had. so, i don't think that that's a break from the past. obviously israel is a valued ally. we need to work with them. we need to make sure that organizations like the u....

Settleme settlements, why are these allies so publicly? contributor to "atlantic" peterbiner and james woolsey. senior adviser to the trump campaign. thank you, gentlemen, for joining us. what is your reaction to the secretary's speech? >> i think netanyahu had the better of these exchanges. this is not really about one state versus two state solutions. this is about whether the palestinians accept the right to exist. in current circumstances, they don't. israeli arabs, muslim usually citizens of israel about one-sixth of the israeli population can go to bed at night without fear that someone ...

Recognize as a un holiday to pressing this council to vote its silence in response to terrorist attacks on israelis. as the united states has said repeatedly such unequal treatment, not only hurts israel, it under mines the legitimacy of the united nation itself. the treatment at the un matters for votes like this one. even the proposed of today is justified or necessitated by events on the ground. one cannot completely separate the vote from the venue. and members states that they are for the two state solutions must ask themselves some difficult questions. for those states that are quick to ...