opportunity of possibly jump starting the peace process. we ve been talking about them being stalled for several years. especially when the prime minister was visiting, he says he doesn t care if it s a two state, a one state, as long as the two sides agree to it. do we have a sense of what the american administration, particularly the trump presidency, what their vision is for a peaceful solution between the israelis and palestinians? have they articulated anything behind the skicenes on what the would like to see the final outcome look like? they have been taking it from different direction. their vision is not to do the israeli/palestinian peace deal first. but to do the arab relationship, repair that relationship and hope that the secret relationship between the saudis and the israelis against iran,
accomplished over the next couple of days? well, nobody inside the white house thinks they re going to accomplish anything especially dramatic on this trip but what you should see is the israelis will probably make a few concessions, largely symbolic to show trump that they re serious about a two-state solution. so you might see some economic initiatives for the palestinians. the perspective inside the white house, what jared kushner, who is really leading this peace process in the administration, what he says to the colleagues is i don t know if we can get this done but it s our job to try. but really what i m told is that donald trump actually does believe that his self conceived genius for deal making actually can get this done. his view of history is that it s a sort of great man view of history, that there it requires is somebody with the deal making
mr. president, israel also shares the commitment to peace you expressed yesterday. we ve already made peace with egypt and jordan. israel s hand is extended in peace to all ufo neighboour nei including palestinians. the peace we seek is a genuine and durable one, in which the jewish state is recognized. security remains in israel s hands, and the conflict ends once and for all. mr. president, you just flew from riyadh to tel aviv. i hope that one day and israeli prime minister will be able to flay from tel aviv to riyadh. may your first trip to our region prove to be an historic milestone on the path toward
the president and first lady departing saudi arabia about two hours ago. the president should be landing soon in tel aviv. israel newspaper reports benjamin netanyahu had to order the ministers to arrive. after they disinvited them and reinvited them only to view from the sidelines. he wants to be united and ready to take a fresh look at the peace process with the palestini palestinians. he had to win approval of even modest gestures meant to encourage palestinian economy and ease conditions for those living in the west bank and elsewhere. joining us in jerusalem,
meeting with king salman of saudi arabia. what are they expected to discuss? reporter: certainly the possibility of business, when you talk about politics and regional influence, the saudis are very keen for president trump to reverse the perceptions president obama s administration and be tougher on iran. the foreign minister the day before spoke about the need for iran to be made to act like a normal country to follow international law. sec mattis when he was here a month ago said the united states must help saudi arabia resist against iran s mischief in the region. that s something where the king will want president trump to deliver. also there s this aspiration they called trump courageous, it may help bring middle east peace between the israelis and palestini palestinians, many presidents hoped for that. for president trump here the