joining us is ronen bergman, a "new york times" staff magazine writer, also the author of rise and killf israel's secret assassinations. and we're joined by the host of the deconstructed broadcast, and the former adviser to the palestinian liberation organization and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. thank you for joining us. maddy, i want to -- president trump had once said if jared kushner couldn't get middle east peace done, nobody could. jared kushner had this to say about the deal. let's listen. >> i explained to him that the territory allocated for his new state will remain open and undeveloped for a period of four years. during this time, palestinians can use all appropriate deliberation to study the deal, negotiate with israel, achieve the criteria for statehood, and become -- >> hold on. sorry about that. early sunday morning. that was not what jared kushner said. let's play what jared kushner said. i'm going to read to you what he said. he said i have been studying this now for three years. i have read 25 books on it, spoken to every leader in the region. i have spoken to e