while, several months. i think the seriousness of the fight against isis is one thing that i think encourages a lot of christians right now here in the middle east. they think that trump is going to, hopefully, bring stability. and they also see in him a strong leader, and strength matters in the middle east, and weakness has consequences, and i think we re seeing that from the christians here in the last several years. leland: well, they could certainly use some folks with some strength standing behind them. president trump delivering that sort of religious message, strength not only in sabia, but then heading in saudi arabia, but heading to jerusalem and rome as well. keep up the good works it s hard reporting in some tough places you do. the middle east christians really are asking for prayer from american christians and the support they need from the u.s.. leland: i think we have a lot of viewers who might be adding them to their prayers come sunday. liz? elizabeth: that s righ
to the p.a., the palestinians, as long as they are continuing to do this. i m assuming you support that? we don t normally comment on legislation but, of course, we support the end of monies going to murders and terrorists, and this is absolutely in the right direction because it s outrageous. think about what a billion dollars could have done. think about if that had gone to peace education. leland: israel has a peace treaty with jordan, with egypt as well. i think you could agree those are going pretty well. the question is there s a lot of incitement in jordan, a lot of incitement against israel in egypt as well. what makes this different? one of the main differences is this is really a top-down phenomenon where president abbas says we welcome every drop of blood spilled in jerusalem. think about if a billion dollars had gone to peace education, as i said. think about if statutes had gone up to gandhi or mother teresa instead of mass murderers. think about educating the next
palestinians are trying to do is delegit mite israel by saying you don t have a connection. that s why vote toss say you don t really belong in jerusalem are so damaging, because that s what this conflict is about. it s a self-evident truth that jerusalem is the capital of the state of israel. it s been the epicenter of the jewish people s moral, religious and political life for literally thousands of years. there s absolutely no leland: so moving the embassy, in your view, verifies that as a stamp of approval from the world of what you just said. well, it s a tamp of approval of a basic truth, a stamp of approval of the realization that jerusalem is the capital of the jewish people and the state of israel. and that s been evident for literally thousands of years. leland: david keyes, you re going to have a busy couple of weeks coming up. appreciate it, my friend. thank you very much. elizabeth: coming up, leland vittert giving us an exclusive look of a night raid on israel s hea
part to be on alert. elizabeth: wow. good advice, bryan. thank you so much to. reporter: of course to. elizabeth: leland? leland: ahead of the president s visit to jerusalem, the palestinians have become a charm offensive of sorts saying they re ready for peace and telling mr. trump he is just the man who can do the impossible. but israelis say the media to fencive is disin offensive is disingenuous at best while they celebrate the bombers and gunmen that have taken so many israeli lives. to talk about it, david keyes joining us as we overlook the old city. great to have you. is this a new condition of the israeli government? is this a posturing against the palestinians? what s happening here? it s not a precondition for any kind of talks, but what it is is a realization that peace can t move forward if the palestinian president is actively infusing the next
generation for peace instead of war. but instead, president abbas is diverting so much money to teach young children that the best thing they can do is murder israelis. leland: something, certainly, that the prime minister s going to bring up with president trump, probably some of the examples that you all are putting out as well. yesterday prime minister netanyahu doubled down on saying he wants not only the u.s. embassy, but all embassies moved to jerusalem. give us a sense, how serious of a request is this? is this something that you want done tomorrow? because there s a lot of people who say it s not worth the cost in terms of what will happen in the west bank, could happen in the arab world if that move is made. well, of course we want not only the u.s. embassy, but all embassies to move to jerusalem leland: and you re not worried about the potential consequences? well, i think that this conflict ultimately boils down to recognition of the other and what arab states, what so