when it comes to iran, the gulf arab states do not want a massive war against tehran.ndas, like mohammed bin salman and saudi arabia. like you mentioned, he wants to focus on his vision 2030 project, which is lagging pretty badly. and any regional conflagration is going to detract from this pretty significantly when it comes to netanyahu and when it comes to israel and saudi arabia in particular, brokering this mega deal between saudi arabia and israel is at the very forefront of us middle east policy. it was under biden, it is under trump. and i would argue that this deal is equally counterproductive for the united states. this would result in dramatic new commitments in the middle east at a time when the region doesn't really represent a theater of, you know, strategic importance, you know, considerable strategic importance for the united states, with $36 trillion in debt, running $2 trillion a year, deficits, more commitments to the middle east right at this current moment is not what the united states should be moving towards. >> let me ask you really quickly. and

west bank into jordan, the west bank into jordan, and move north and bring america into war with tehran. so you would have a remaking now. there was a theological base for this, and this is where i think the influence around president trump is. >> it's interesting that you speak in those words, reflecting what they say in religious terms. you yourself have are religious, i guess. i mean, you were a catholic priest, but you are very steeped in this conflict mediation and trying to find solutions. and you have been for a long, long time in the middle east. the ceasefire is holding. there seem to be so far regular hostage and prisoner releases. from your conversations with israelis and with hamas political leaders who you talk to. do you have any idea of what the second phase might look like? >> well, first of all, i think it's remarkable that the qataris, with the support of the egyptians, were able to get some format, but it was torturous. when you look at it, it's a torturous agreement fraught with risk. and i've described it as a spoiler's dream because of the long, drawn out way in wh

assassination of hezbollah leaders, the assassination of other hamas leaders, one of them, haniyeh in tehran, which was very explosive and aggressive politically. and it did set back hostage negotiations for quite a while. but hamas has lost a great deal. iran is weakened by israel's strikes against retaliatory strikes against iran, which were the iran strikes were not successful. with the help of the u.s. military, jordanian and other militaries in the region, and iran has lost a lot of military power and key air defenses. the collapse of the syrian regime, the transformation of the middle east in these past months by the israeli military, israeli intelligence targeted assassinations for all. the criticism has weakened hamas, for despite the show of force that you've seen in these hostage releases, where the fighters are coming out of the woodwork, coming out of the tunnels, hamas is regrouping. that's another big fear. but so far the deal has held, and 183 palestinians released. now, as we're told here, i'm told by my colleagues, by your colleagues over there that that part of the deal has

the soviet union at the time, the first three nation conference in tehran 14 months ago. the ground which stalin now walks was still in the enemy's hands. and. the three parties reach a firm, a card, military and political points. coordinated plans are made great new blows against germany from all directions, reaffirming the resolve of the united nations to cooperate fully after war. roosevelt. churchill and stalin reach agreement on the foundations. european peace. germany shall be disarmed. german militaries and nazi ism will be destroyed. germany shall be occupied zones with france, a major, an organization for world security will be permanently established. the three leaders reaffirm their faith and the principles of the atlantic charter charter and. moving outside sarah oliver, catherine harriman, daughter of the american ambassador and mrs. bordiga watch as the three leaders briefly interrupt their to pose for history making picture. that is the special communique signed by all three. our meeting here on crimea has reaffirmed our determination to maintain and streng