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Jerusalem and recognize it i happen to know a number of other european countries have been in touch with israeli officials saying they are seriously considering doing the same the europeans are siding with the arab muslims because they were afraid of terrorism they think if they don't they'll get even more service and it's all about fear they know the truth jerusalem is always been the capital of the jewish people it has never been the council of muslim people. so i think in time there they'll become more comfortable to recognize publicly this truth i mean if its use was holy for them frankton...

Lead in the u.s. role when it comes to trying to negotiate a peace accord between the israelis and the palestinians. let me bring in the rest of the panel as well. david rhode, this is a moment that has not happened before. >> it is. it's historic and it's impressive that he's sort of making this gesture and it's being well handled i think by the israelis, the fact netanyahu is not there -- that he is not there. >> not there and that has a lot of political significance. >> correct. >> they don't want to make it appear the u.s. is choosing sides. >> a lot of the bra have va dough bravado calls ...

Those huge pieces of jerusalem stone to insert into the wall. this is a solemn moment for a sitting u.s. president to honor the holiest site in the world for judaism, for jews. it is a fraught gesture, because while it's avery important for jews, it's also very important for israelis that the president is being seen at a site in a disputed part of jerusalem, right. the israelis believe this is part of israel. america, the u.s. government does not recognize east jerusalem as part of israel. and yet the president is affirming the jewish character of jerusalem and the jewish character of israel r...

Israel but it is the central place of judaism, the retaining wall of what was the second temple so it is where jews come to pray. we pray toward jerusalem. we pray about jerusalem, and here within this complex is thought to be the holy of the holys. the ten commandments. so this is a very significant step that the president will take to come to visit, as a religious pilgrim, even though he's a sitting president, not doing so with the israeli prime minister, because that would send an additional message that would be certainly very fraught. >> intentionally so benjamin netanyahu the prime minis...

Temple. to the second temple. and so you can see wonderful book called "israel then and now" that show what it looked like and the retaining wall is just, you know, is all that's left of that beautiful jerusalem stone that actually -- as a matter of fact that is that book, it's called jerusalem then and now and you can overlay pictures of what the temple actually looked like and get a sense of where you are with the western wall. so that's the book that he's holding up there now which gives you a very good sense of that. yes, this has been a fraught issue within judaism. only men can pray at t...