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new palestine as a former member of the territory that includes gaza all of the west bank and east jerusalem settled by hundreds of thousands of israelis the recognition could also help palestine bring international pressure to bear on israel and even seek action against it including sanctions and support of un peacekeepers if need be all this has become because of grave concern for top israeli officials prime minister benjamin netanyahu has always emphasized caution and time before making steps and the negotiation process has to be going to go should agree with you but to. train a distorting the street he's now said to be preparing an emergency proposal to be announced by the end of may according to the higher its newspaper has also planning to withdraw troops from the west bank as a temporary trade off washington two is most likely to throw its weight behind israel and even as some say cut financial aid to the palestinians the united states and best hundreds of millions of dollars to build palestinian passably because we know that progress on the ground improve security and helps lay the f

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for some it means building as fast as possible in east jerusalem. or some of it ending of any jerusalem shared among all people. it remains a touchstone for all of us to look to. he who dilated living in the jasper, a man that is so poignant he into words. he said my heart is in the east. and i have served as poignantly in 1973 when a repeatable student i had a professor who is teaching us hebrew literature, but it happened to be the semester that the yom kippur war. he was physically in the classroom, but his purpose in the east. and i learned what it's like to be a subtype of the diaspora from that professor, that's however secure we are in america and we are very secure in america, there is this yearning for a homeland, where you can walk the streets, as you have the experience and everyone is like us and the language we share a common come even if you may not know hebrew although well and that the calendar, the rhythms of the day are the rhythms of the jewish day, even as we can here the muslim faith prayer or watch the streets. there is this loc

that the palestinians in a two-state solution will need to place their capital in what is today east jerusalemre walking around the mount of olives sprks i said to this person, okay, where is this? where is the mount of olives in this, this great idea? and the person gave me an answer that i didn't expect.an which was, well, the mount of olives, of course, has extraordinary jewish tradition, history and meaning, and it can't ever be separated from th jewish people and the jewishd th state. on the other hand, it's very difficult to imagine that if you were to, in fact, draw a border how you would get all the way over here to include it in west jerusalem or the israeli/jewish capital. capital. i said well, how do you bridge that? he said look at this convention center on top of the hill. there is a little hotel there that is right above the mt. of olives. and he said that looks like a perfect place for the israeli embassy to the mill -- new palestinian state and guess what the mt. of olives should be the garden of the israeli embassy. [laughter] now that is the kind of creativity and that is the

services calling for palestinian state basically in the pre-67 borders, including the capitol in east jerusalem>> yes. >> do you support the initiative in >> i have to support the policy of the government. it's a democratic country, and it's my dear respect to their position. i have to respect the majority, and the majority today is for a two-state solution, but with a very heavy emphasis on security and mutual understanding and agreement. >> and as part of that agreement, would you be willing to give up land of pre-67 israel to the palestinians in exchange for some land in the palestinian territory that would become part of the state of israel? >> you mean -- >> as part of a final peace settlement with the palestinians. >> we are willing and ready to go for a swap. i mean, if you need some for secured borders, we shall compensate with other land. >> in other words, parts of galilee? >> no, no, what is decided is decided. i don't believe that israel would like -- for them, it's their basic right to live where they used to live, so i wouldn't force anybody, and peace must be done by agreements,

then i was posted to jerusalem and the middle east when the iraq war began. it happened on my watch. i don't have a choice, i could have walked away. it felt wrong to train in journalism and spend years churning -- learning short hand and gaining experience of the language and culture for jordan, iraq, and to walk away and say, i don't fancy this. i am happy to shoulder the lighter burden. tavis: for those following the story of enough to know, there was a journalist captured and beaten. can you tell me specifically what happened? >> we were covering the eastern part of the country that isn't under gaddafi's control. the rebels had started to lie about where the front line was. they started to say they have retaken this town, and we are on a roll, and it is impossible to stay back 100 miles back from the front line and know what was going on. we went down to the front line. it was much quicker than we expected. i was trying to get to the back entrance and back to safety. tavis: there is an old adage the casualties of war is usually the truth. the first casual

he reported on the middle east from jerusalem and has covered latin-american and eastern european politics from bazaar isouth america and poland. his diplomatic posts include assistant secretary of state for international organizations which covers the un. he is [unintelligible] democracy promotion to my human rights policy. we have a reporter who has covered these issues day in and out. he will give the floor to each of our panelists to open with a few remarks before he opens it up to questions. i would like to thank all three of you for honoring us by taking time to be with us this morning. >> good morning. thank you. we will start with five minutes from each of the panelists and will go to responses. we will open up further. but start. >> we were up in the podium less time. it tells you how far we have come. it has been a long journey and the counter productive one. in the end, what is happening in the third world is profound and consequential for the challenges roe faces in terms of trying to achieve a two-stage solution for the israeli-palestinian conflict. we have to start with what

he rorted on the middle east from jerusalem and has covered latin-american and etern european politics from bazaar isouth america and poland. his diplomatic posts include assistant secretary of state for ternational organizations which covers the un. he is [unintelligible] democracy promotion to my human rights policy. we have a reporter who has covered these issues day in and out. he will give the floor to each of our panelists to open with a few remarks before he opens it up to questions. i would like to thank all three of you for honoring us by taking time to be with us this morning. >> good morning. thank you. we will start with five minutes from each of the panelists and will go to responses. we will open up further. but start. >> we were up in the podium less time. it tells you how far we have come it has been a long journey and the counter productive one. in the end, what is happening in the third world is profound and consequential for the challenges roe faces in terms of trying to achieve a two-stage solution for the israeli-palestinian nflict. we have to start with what is ha

east and u.s.-israel relations. he reported on the wrist from jerusalem and has covered latin american and eastern european politics from buenos aires and warsaw. elliott abrams has served as deputy directory -- director for global democracy strategy to president george w. bush and held the positions of senior director for democracy and human rights and senior director for the near east in the bush white house. his diplomatic posts include assistant secretary of state for international organizations, which covers the united nations, said assistant secretary of state for thuman rights and humanitarian affairs. mr. abrams is an expert on u.s. policy in the middle east, israeli-palestinian affairs, democracy promotion, human rights policy, and u.s. foreign policy. we are grateful to have with us in washington bureau chief of the jewish telegraphic agency and an astute reporter, who has more out a lot of shoe leather covering these issues in the halls, covering them day in and day out. he will give the four to each of our panelists to open with a few remarks and then engage our panelists in a discussion before he opens