polls a little bit and this could easily reverse that trend. the u.s. recognition of israeli sovereignty where i'm standing now in the go plan heights. this has been considered as occupied territory. no one recognized it until now. there didn't seem to be any pressing reason to make this announcement even if the international community was opposed to it. there wasn't anyone pushing back. so why now? and that answer perhaps the elections. trump handing netanyahu such a big victory, certain to give him an election boost. when asked about it, secretary of state mike pompeo who was visiting here didn't mention the election, netanyahu never mentioned the elections and trump said it wasn't really a consideration, but that is hard to believe. here's what he said to fox. >> it is not about netanyahu he'd re-election? in in. >> no, i wouldn't even know about that. i have no idea. he was doing okay. i don't know if he is doing great, but i hear he is doing okay. but i would imagine the other