david friedman: this is different. from the israelis for the first time in the history of this confli, where the israelis indicate the terms on which they're wdeling to live y side a palestinian state, the territorial dimensions of a palestinian state, the conditions that need to be put in place before they would agree to live side by side a palestinian state. this is different in terms of details, in terms of really eaeating, i think, a very pathway for palestinian statehood.oo and, we think the palestinians should engage, and we're very grateful that so many other countries around the worlu have issue constructive statements urging the same thing. nick schifrin: with those details, of course, comes the opportunity for people to criticize them. and there are specific details that the palestinian criticizing. a couple them, the territory of what is now the west bank is shrinking. everything on th tisraeli side security barrier in jerusalem is being givo israel, palestinians giving up control of their airspace andri def

in those past few months to get this plan done a master david friedman thank you dick. thank you for your essential contribution to this effort and for the terrific job you do every day to strengthen the great alliance between israel and america. and judge question without your wisdom. your persistence your resolve this day would have never come. to a. i know how much the jewish future means to you and to your family well jarte today you have helped secure the future the jew state owes you and it shows president trump enter turn all debt of gratitude. mr president on that historic day of day 14th 1908 both david ben-gurion and president truman's had a fateful decision to make many argued that been during. should not declare israel's independence many argued that president truman should not recognize the jewish state. but both leaders understood the magnitude of the are they seize the moment and they change history like you mr president i understand the magnitude of this moment with you mr president i'm prepared to seize the moment and change history i know that there wi

it's good to see the unfailingly energetic and optimistic ambassador david friedman jason green thank you have a berkowitz. brian hawk. and the rest of your. exceptional peace plan mr president it's good to be here with the other distinguished ladies and gentleman of your administration with senators and members of congress who are israel's greatest friends on capitol hill thank you. thank you. thank you. with the bastards of the united arab emirates bus train and oman what a pleasure to see you here and what a sign it portends. i was going to say of the future what assigned it portends of the president. to all of you and to the many distinguished other distinguished guests who are here today this is a historic day and it recalls another historic day we remember may 14th 1908 because on that day president truman became the 1st world leader to recognize the state of israel after our 1st prime minister david ben-gurion declared our independence that day charted a brilliant future mr president i believe that down the decades. and perhaps down the centuries we will also remember january 2

ambassador david friedman, thank you, david. [ applause ] thank you for your essential contribution tos effort and for the terrific job you do every day to strengthen the great alliance between israel and america. [ applause ] and jared kushner, without your wisdom, your persistence, your resolve, this day would have never come. [ applause ] i know how much the jewish future means to you and to your family. well, jared, today you have helped secure that future. the jewish state owes you and it owes president trump an eternal debt of gratitude. [ applause ] mr. president, on that historic day of may 14th, 1948, both david and president truman had a fateful decision to make. many argued that ben guran should not declare israel's independence. many argued to truman that they should not recognize the independent state. but they seized the moment and they changed history. like you, mr. president, i understand the magnitude of this moment. with you, mr. president, i'm prepared to seize the moment and change history. i know that there will be opposition. there's always opposition. i know ther

it's good to see the unfailingly energetic and all to mr ambassador david friedman jason greene by. bobby berkowitz. ron paul. and the rest of you are. exceptional peace plan mr president it's good to be here with the other distinguished ladies and gentlemen of your administration with senators and members of congress who are israel's greatest friends on capitol hill thank you. thank you. with the embassadors. of the united arab emirates bus train and oman what a pleasure to see you here and what a song that portends. i was going to say of the future what a song different sounds of the president. to all of you into the many distinguished other distinguished guests who are here today. this is a historic day and it recalls another historic day we remember may 14th 1908 because on that day president truman became the 1st world leader to recognize the state of israel after our 1st prime minister david ben-gurion declared our independence that day charted a brilliant future mr president i believe that down the decades. and perhaps down the centuries we will also remember january 28th 202

states and they love israel and they're very smart and very very committed from your ambassador david friedman for him to jason and of the and jared cohen and they're all great deal makers and they also understand the other side and they want the other side to do well because that's the sign of a great deal and they understand that and i just appreciate all the 4 hard work you put in and so many of your other friends and of course our great secretary of state my comforts of processor who al is very impressive. that reporter couldn't have done too good a job yesterday it i think you did a good job and her actually. it's good thank you much great barrier by your own. for senate i guess the answer is no after that. they all want him to kansas great state they want him to but you do a great job don't move for. the palestinian people have grown distrustful after years of unfulfilled promises so true yet i know they are ready to escape their tragic past and realize a great destiny but we must break free of yesterday's failed approaches this map will more than double the palestinian territory and pro

i'm basser david friedman thank you dave. thank you for your essential contribution to this effort and for the terrific job you do every day to strengthen the great alliance between israel and america. and judge question without your wisdom your persistence your resolve this day would have never come. ah. i know how much the jewish future means to you and to your family well jarred today you have helped secure the future the jews state owes you and it shows president trump enter turn all debt of gratitude. ah. mr president on that historic day of day 14th 1908 both david ben-gurion and president truman's had a fateful decision to make many argued that been going should not declare israel's independence many argued that president truman should not recognize the jewish state but both leaders understood the magnitude of the our. they seize the moment and they change history like you mr president i understand the magnitude of this moment with you mr president i'm prepared to seize the moment and change history. i know that there

jared kus, hne ambassador of the plan, david friedman, one of the authors, have identified. is that useful to a palestinian population that doesn't connect wi their government, many of whom see as corrupt, but do wane a brightnomic future? >> well, let me fut to you this way: the israeli occupation cost the palestinian economy 98% of g.d.p. every year. the rel restrictions, the rel checkpoints, the confiscation of land, the restrictions on investment and development, the banning of palstinian activity in the very area that trump nowt wants isra annex in violation of international law-- all of thsse cost u nearly our entire g.d.p. every year. ending is the occupation is the fastest, quickest, cheapest way to ensure palestinian economic prosperity. and we wouldn't even need the worlto give us any handouts. this is a highly educated population, a population full of youth, full of vitality, full on gy and entrepreneurship. if all of that is being denied by the continued occupation, which the trump plan basically offers an indefinite extension of, ad that's why it doesn't work. $

states and they love israel and they have very smart and very very committed from your ambassador david friedman to a jason and the and jared cohen and they're all great deal makers and they also understand the other side and they want the other side to do well because that's the sign of a great deal and they understand that and i just appreciate all the 4 hard work you put in and so many of your other friends and of course our great secretary of state powell a a it's a processor who now is very impressive. that reporter couldn't have done too good a job yesterday to begin did a good job and her actually. it's good thank you mike great area are you running for senate i guess the answer is no after that. they all want him to kansas great state they want him to but you're doing a great job don't move for. the palestinian people have grown distrustful after years of unfulfilled promises so true yet i know they are ready to escape their tragic past and realize a great destiny but we must break free of yesterday's failed approaches this map will more than double the palestinian territory and provide

love israel, and they are very smart, and very, very committed, from you or bassett investor, david friedman. >> president trump: to jason, and off he, and jared and they were all great dealmakers, and they also understand the other side, and they want the other side to do well, because that is the sign of a great deal, and they understand that. i just appreciate all the hard work you have put in, so many of your other friends, of course our great secretary of state, mike pompeo. [applause] >> president trump: wow, that's impressive. that was very impressive. that reporter couldn't have done to get a job on you yesterday. i think you did a good job on her, actually. that is good, thank you mike. great. are you running for senate? i guess the answer is no after that. they'll want him to. kansas, great state, they want him to. you're doing a great job, don't move. the palestinian people have grown distrustful after years of unfulfilled promises, so true. yet i know they are ready to escape their tragic past and realize a great destiny, but we must break free of yesterday's failed approaches. t

states and they love israel and they're very smart and very very committed from your ambassador david friedman you and jason and avi and jared you were and they're all great deal makers and they also understand the other side and they want the other side to do well because that's the sign of a great deal and they understand that and i just appreciate all of our hard work you put in and so many of your other friends and of course our great secretary of state mike allen you are it's impressive. it's very impressive. that reporter couldn't have done too good a job yesterday or to get did a good job and her actually. it's good thank you mike great very are you running for senate i guess the answer is no after that. they all want him to kansas great state they want him to but you doing a great job don't move for. the palestinian people have grown distrustful after years of unfulfilled promises so true yet i know they are ready to escape their tragic past and realize a great test that but we must break free of yesterday's failed approaches this map will more than double the palestinian territory and

envoy to israel david friedman pro settlement if you look at the terms he's in right oked whether over and over jerusalem over settlements about religious narratives that gives israel right its one choice and i mean dan is there mention evangelicals in the u.s. or even of those that may be going about here when you look at the domestic dr as a president you know trochanter has used that everybody should respect religion i have no problem with respecting everybody's religious claims but you can't use those for sovereign claim in a political environment the 21st century and if you define the conflict as a conflict over religious claims this is going to be a with us for a long time and then there will be a seeds of further conflict down the road even bigger than we're facing dan we've just got a couple of minutes left and i would love to get a snapshot from each of you here frustrating from all 3 of you on this and you're all coming at it from slightly different perspective and that i'd just like to get a quick snapshot from you as it as an israeli negotiators a diplomat who thinks hard a

ambassador to israel david friedman saying that israel was initially at least that israel was free to started sonic sation plans at any time it wanted to but then there was an interview at least one interview from jared cushnie initially one with c.n.n. and then one with another u.s. media organization which he was clearer in saying that he expected any such moves to take place after the election and the need to be more u.s. is really coordination and detail given to any maps for any annexation plan so it is clear that the americans at least the white house and need ministration. have been acting to put the brakes on this potentially because they're aware that it would make it much more difficult for arab nations which so far have been relatively muted in their response certainly not openly critical of it it would make them potentially find that more difficult to maintain that that state of at least relative support for what has happened so far thank you very false that in occupied east jerusalem in the news ahead said mission accomplished nonce the bids farewell to the spitzer space

administration, perhaps trump himself, or jared kushner or secretary of state mike pompeo or ambassador david friedman has decided that trump should go all in on netanyahu. it seemed trump had backed away some before the last election in september, but now it's all netanyahu once again. the white house may even offer netanyahu a green light to proceed with annexation with parts of the west bank. and for trump, why not? netanyahu has been trump's loudest international cheerleader. he's celebrated every move trump made against iran and urged other world leaders to do the same, and he's never once criticized trump. what's in it for trump? netanyahu helps him seal the support of the evangelical community where the 70-year-old israeli leader is very popular. netanyahu's rival benny gantz now has few good options. he had been moving to the right to try to steal votes away from netanyahu. now if he throws any support behind this peace plan, it looks like he's throwing support behind netanyahu, and that undermines his entire campaign. now that entire campaign changes. what was basically a referendum on netany

united states and they love israel, and they are very , fromand very committed your ambassador, david friedman -- [applause] to jason and avi -- jared [applause] pres. trump: they are all great dealmakers and they also understand the other side. they want the other side to do well because that is the sign of a great deal and they understand that. i appreciate all of the hard work you've put in with so many of your other friends and our great secretary of state, mike pompeo. [applause] pres. trump: that is impressive. that was very impressive. that reporter could not have done too good of a job on you, yesterday. i think you did a good job on her. are you running for senate? i guess the answer is no after that. they all want him to. kansas is a great state, you doing a great job. don't move. the palestinian people have grown distrustful after years of unfulfilled promises. so true. i know they are ready to escape their tragic past and realize a great destiny. we must rake free of yesterday's failed approaches. this map will more than double the palestinian territory and provide a palestinian ca

ambassador david friedman. jason greenblatt. harvey berkowitz.rian hook, the rest of your exceptional peace plan, mr. president, it is good to be here with the other distinguished ladies and gentlemen of your administration. with senators and members of congress who are israel's greatest friends on capitol hill. thank you. [applause] thank you. with the ambassadors of the united arab emirates, bahrain and oman, what a pleasure to see you here and what a sign -- neil: we will continue monitoring this. just indulge us, folks. the dow is up 241 points on lessening concerns what is happening in china with this virus. i say lessening but not at all gone. we have news on the economy, particularly when it came to housing data. we'll iron that out in just a second here but the weird juxtaposition, backdrop on all of this, impeachment trial. republicans one more shot presenting their case. we're told it will be limited. they will not take the entire eight hours today, nor have they from the start but indications they will make their closing argument that

i'm boss of the 2 israel david friedman as you know he'd made the statement that he thinks these rabiesall to keep part of the west bank now how does this position tally with the plan that you've unveiled today so look on this on this file there's a reason it has gone on sol for so many years a lot of people have strong opinions there's a lot of people who talk about historic rights but again what you'll see in this in this plan and i would encourage people to download it and read it it's 80 pages it's the most detailed plan ever made the air peace initiative was an incredible effort but it's only about 8 or 9 lines and so this is 80 pages of detail operational detail for how this should work what we've done is again we've tried to unscramble the eggs to the best degree possible and put this in a position where you could have israelis and palestinians living side by side in a construct that can work i'll just remind you and all your viewers who want to have the ideal situation that people who have been talking about the ideal situation for all these years have not led to peace there's 2

david: benjamin friedman, policy director at defense priorities. do you fade risk? it is a tough one. thing to buy weapon and security firms. what is happening can't agree -- is people can't agree. it is not that donald trump or iranians wants to be extreme. thingneither american people nr iranians agree on what needs to happen. neither can brits. 50% of people did not vote for brexit at all. position where a people cannot agree on the right path forward, politics cannot find the right answers. if they can't find the right , security and surveillance firms is the right strategy. whether iran has responded, i think it is doubtful. nevertheless, i think it is not as relevant. if it's not going to be iran, it's something else. david: there are different types of geopolitical events. there are times where every week you have something. then you have something like this. is this different? >> it is. it is a step up, primarily because it is a geopolitical mistake. but once again, people tend to forget how volatile and explosive brexit could have been. people tend to forge