over and over again he did danielle dance around the phrase he used on the campaign trail and here at home radical islamic terrorism. no mention also of moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. so what do you think the agenda for peace in that region really is, and to your point about saudi arabia being one of the greatest places that can enhance terrorism for not only that region, but the world? thomas, saudi arabia can be a huge ally to us if we are stern about what our limits are and what we will accept. i think the president had an idea. i think that s why he went to saudi, why he went to jerusalem, why he went to the vatican. he has an idea going forward. the question really is, what is this peace he keeps talking about and you re asking the $64,000 question. i don t think any of us are entirely clear about where we go from here, and that includes the arab-israeli peace process, what
that today. is it a little risky because you have russians there? absolutely. that s why i think this diplomatic between the u.s. secretary of state and russians is so important. now that you ve armed up the kurd, leverage up our special forces capabilities to make sure that isis isn t a factor and you start tightening the noose and you get our arab league partners fully engaged in a way that they want to be engaged and i think you ve got at solution to the problem. robin, quickly, if you could. where are our arab league partners? why aren t they doing anything? well, they are very divide. some want assad out and others are willing to see some kind of transition, so it s getting the arabs to speak with one vote, whether it s the arab-israeli peace process ordeal with the crises in syria, iraq, and elsewhere. that s one of the big steps. militarily there s options whether it s attacking the ground and control for their air power, but then the big question is who is the alternative w
occupied territories, they are building all around jerusalem, all around the west bank it s already one state. however, for the palestinians it s bad for arab israelis because he has been campaigning against them and obviously his victory is an open season against arab israelis in congress and in the streets, for palestinians in the west bank and occupied territories it s hell because they live without rights. so we have an apartheid state on one hand and we have i would say an agnocrisy. i want to bring in a scholar at the woodrow wilson center and former adviser to six secretaries of state, on the arab israeli peace process. pick up on the last part of what rula said commenting on the tom friedman piece and the reality of what a one-state might mean. i think we re getting ahead of ourselves, michael. the one state is not a solution.
people who are living in the occupied territories with their own roads, meaning roads they can run on by themselves. they live in the occupied areas and jerusalem and the west bank. it s already one state. for the palestinians if it s bad for the israelis because he s been campaigning against them and obviously his victory is an open season against arab israelis in congress and in the streets, for palestinians in the west bank and occupied territories, it s hell because they live without rights. we have an apartheid state on one hand and we have i would say something else other than a democracy. aaron david miller is a distinguished scholar at the aaron wilson center and former adviser to six secretaries of state on the arab israeli peace