auditioning for this. do you agree with that after his explanation that he wasn t? i sort of did, actually. he really did seem like he was out of the game. remember, they offered him effectively the job of representing trump which was an exchange that we didn t know about. in 2017, ambassador freedman who is u.s. ambassador to israel, a former law partner of one of the president s lawyers said would you like to work. they took him in to meet with trump and he basically said i don t want to do this. i sort of do believe that this was not an ambition thing. i think what we know about the audition process, it bears out because i think when we knew that the president wanted to
podium. television screens in the u.s. were also showing the violence. palestinians protested the openings by trying to force their ways past guards into israeli territory. for his part, the president video taped a message of welcome. this city and the entire nation is a testament to the unbreakable spirit of the jewish people. the united states will always be a great friend of israel and a partner in the cause of freedom and peace. we wish ambassador freedman good luck as he takes up his office in this beautiful jerusalem embassy and we extend a hand in friendship to israel, the palestinians and to all of their neighbors. both the president and the palestinians delivered on their promises. president trump promised to move the embassy, and the palestinians promised to protest. to help sort this out i m joined
message of welcome. this city and the entire nation is a testament to the unbreakable spirit of the juewih people. we wish ambassador freedman good luck as he takes up his office in this beautiful jerusalem embassy and we extend a hand in friendship to israel, the palestinians and to all of their neighbors. both the president and the palestinians delivered on their promises, president trump promised to move the embassy, and the palestinians promised to protest. so jared kushner saying today i think peace is in reach. is peace within reach right now? it is a nice line but i think
and peace. we wish ambassador freedman good luck as he takes up his office in this beautiful jerusalem embassy. and we extend a hand in friendship to israel, the palestinians and to all of their neighbors. may there be peace. may got bless this embassy. may god bless all who serve there. and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. a prerecorded message from president trump that was just aired as you see on the screen there at the u.s. embassy opening in jerusalem. christiane amanpour, may there be peace as we see live pictures of the violence erupted in gaza very close by. what do you make of the message from the president? you need two to tango. peace is not going to be a
outcomes in middle east peace or worse? you know, if you come from the position that there s not going to be two-state solution or peace process any way, then i guess there s no real reason to use the stick on israel and to try to get them to do things they don t want to do. on the other hand f you think that a peace process is actually possible and you need the buy-in of arab states, the international community and the palestinians to get there, then this move closeness between trump and israel could actually make that more difficult. i would ask you to take out your crystal ball. donald trump nominated david freedman as ambassador who is supportive of settlements, what do you see transpiring? yeah. i think not only is the trump administration using ambassador freedman if he gets confirmed, going to have a policy that actually supports settlement building which will be sort of new and interesting to watch. i think that administration and the new ambassador to israel is going to