capital undermines their claim. they say the u.s. decision disqualifies washington as an impartial broker in any israeli/palestinian peace talks in the future. and they are getting support from turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan says, quote, jerusalem, especially east jerusalem is the capital of palestine. we know this in an islamic world that is in stark contrast to comments from israel s prime minister. have a listen. you can t base peace on a foundation of lies. you base peace on the foundations of truth. and the truth is that not only has jerusalem been the capital of the jewish people for millennium and the capital of our state from its inception, the truth is that under any peace agreement you could possibly imagine, jerusalem will remain israel s capital.
concession from the israelis. but again, i put it to you. without any details on jared kushner s plan for middle east peace, it is understandable that the palestinians are absolutely furious about this and see the u.s. as a dishonest broker. of course. the status of the city recognizing as the capital of an israel or a palestinian was supposed at the end. you weren t supposed to do that. the u.s., the international community weren t supposed to do that until the end of negotiations. so first, 20 do that before negotiations have even begun to appear was offensive to the palestinians. and then to do it without some give and take, without an acknowledgment that yes, we ve just recognized that jerusalem is israel s capital, we intend to perhaps recognize east jerusalem or part of east jerusalem as palestinian s capital, that s what made them furious. and since then, since just a few weeks after that announcement, if not days, they have written off the americans as arbiters. they have ess
gave a major speech to muslim and arab leaders calling on men to drive out terrorist. he has a busy couple of days and in the west bank he said, you know, to visit several key in jerusalem, including the old cities, also expect it to take part in shermny. well hol cast remembers that. separate meetings to the israeli prime minister and in bethlehem with the palestinian president. correspondent joining us, he has called a solution to the conflict ultimate deal. he has also suggested that this isn t quite as difficult as people in the past have made out. what likelihood of his success here. reporter: look, complete success is without question, difficult. but he certainly can make bits
very like to hear and jerusalem for the restoration between the smoothing powers of the middle east and with israel what you will accomplish. concerning the viewer asking about in order for them to change they ll need to change this, i i don t think we ll see either of these in the case of donald trump. he certainly reached out to both parties, how much of an extension of the arm s he made to the palestinian. so what approach do you expect the american administration to take on solving this conflict? it really won t be often, that s why it s going to be frustrating for this administration to learn. because there is no way for him to escape the chasism.