sites must be preserved he talks specifically about the western wall for jewish prayer and the temple mount which he also called a homage to shareef the noble sanctuary alaska asked for the muslim prayer this is also significant and he appealed to all people in the region to continue to work for peace and the american role is central in creating peace what will be interesting to see is of course the reaction on the ground in palestine in east jerusalem in jordan in egypt and in other capitals so what makes your insights so valuable is that you've been involved in things talks for decades can you sum up for us where you think they are now. well there are have not been any negotiations now for several years it is important to mention that in all previous negotiations serious negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis the position of jerusalem was that jerusalem would be the capital of the state of israel and the capital of the palestinian state with the dividing line might be the june sixty seven borders of east jerusalem for the palestinians west jerusalem for the israelis this i

in september of 2000, ariel sharon made a visit to the temple mount that inflamed the palestinians. it was called the second intifada. now, some believe, president trump's decision to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem might trigger the third. is that the biggest fear? tzipi livni: there is no excuse for terror, there is no excuse for violence. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ sharyl: welcome to "full measure." i'm sharyl attkisson. this week, democrats demanded president trump be investigated for alleged sexual misconduct. republicans demanded the special counsel on conflicts of interest. meantime, new sexual harassment probes started up in congress in the past few weeks against congressmen blake farenthold and trent franks and senator al franken before he announced his resignation. today, we investigate what congress' ethics committees really do. are they hard core or a place in where ethics investigations a go to die? meredith mcgehee: people who live in glass houses don't li

the faltering peace process was derailed when former israeli prime minister ariel sharon visited temple mount in jerusalem that enraged the palestinians who consider this site to be islam's third holiest place that's when the second intifada began. it lasted five years. was pushed down and little bit by some other events in the area. especially after the completion of iraq and afghanistan and then all the other things and by the beginning of the second part of the arab revolutions in six countries in two thousand and one came nine eleven the worst terror attack in u.s. history. that completely refocus global media attention away from the israel palestine conflict to return and intermittently when the violence flared up. fast forward to twenty seventeen. therefore i have to chairman that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel israel and palestine i suddenly back on the agenda the world is in shock the u.s. is falling out with its allies this is you. this is a regrettable decision which france does not approve of and which contradicts international law the announc

also between the muslim and jewish community over the temple mount.omething called the status quo, which trump said would not be affected. there is also a consulate on the eastern side of the city. he hasn't said much of that -- much about that. one couldn't envision -- could anision that being embassy to a palestinian state. embassy will be replacing the consulate general. it is possible there will be bank offices in the city but on different sides. david: as you are making that note, justin trudeau mentioning he does not plan on moving their embassy from tel aviv at the moment. which takes into the other side of the issue. you have served as an advisor to the palestinians. apart from what we have heard from them, the obvious reaction, what else do you think they are looking at in response to this? summit ofalled the the arab league. they might be concerned by then yahoo! -- the israeli prime minister's called to move their embassies. they might be discussing on thes about insisting status of jerusalem as being an area that has to be determined by th

meantime, i call on all parties to maintain the status quo at jerusalem's holy sites, including the temple mount, also known as haram al shareef. above all, our greatest hope is for peace. the universal yearning in every human soul. with today's action, i reaffirm my administration's long standing commitment to a future of peace and security for the region. there will of course be disagreement and dissent regarding this announcement. but we are confident that ultimately, as we work through these disagreements, we will arrive at a peace and a place for greater in understanding and cooperation. this sacred city should call forth the best in humanity lifting our sights to what is possible, not pulling us back and down to the old fights that have become so totally predictable. peace is never beyond the grasp of those willing to reach it. so today we call for calm, for moderation, and for the voices of tolerance to prevail over the purveyors of hate. our children should inherit our love, not our conflicts. i repeat the message i delivered at the historic and extraordinary summit in saudi arabia earli

mediterranean and the dead sea surrounded by valleys and dry river beds the city rises up to the temple mount. it is a home for all of the three major religions of the world judaism islam and christianity . was. carried jesus entered jerusalem as king to shouts of his santa here jesus healed the blind and it was here he was crucified. jerusalem houses two of the holiest small asks for the muslims al aksa mosque and the dome of the rock where mohammad ascended to heaven on his white horse. and it is here or judaism originate it here lies its holiest site the western wall on the site of the first temple built by king solomon. it's all here. life should be pleasant here one dares to imagine. but the pleasure is deceptive. jerusalem is a city of war and destruction. jerusalem has been a contested city throughout history and still today. the city is a political powder keg. for israel jerusalem is its historic capital while for the palestinians it is their future capital. the situation has been rapidly deteriorating we have felt it ourselves during the last two years. many books have been written a

now the temple mount is where jewish tradition says the first temple built by solomon stood.rine was rebuilt as the second temple which stood until it was destroyed by titus. the dome of the rock is held in islamic tradition as the place from which the prophet mohamed ascended into heaven. the other site is the farthest mosque. the place where mohamed prayed before ascending to heaven. it also holds significance for christians. this is a place where a young jesus impressed the elders with his knowledge of scripture. the site of his crucifixion is believed to be nearby. putting the area in delicate balance with district rules on where each -- where members of each faith can pray. only muslims are allowed to pray in the main complex. non-muslims are allowed in at certain times but are forbidden from praying there. the security at the site is provided by the jordanian government. the nearby western wall is the holiest site in judaism. it's where jewish faith pray. it has been shut off to worshippers from time to time in recent years escalating tensions, feelings are only rising

happen at some of these you know funerals or maybe taking on the metal detectors on the on the temple mount they're not very they're not very big protests it's not you know as significant as as you would think. you know hamas is competing with the boss almost as a point to prove that they're tougher than their political competition among the palestinians will make some noise but we'll see what happens when you bring up mahmoud abbas the palestinian president let's talk about him for a second he says the u.s. has lost the right to mediate in the israel palestinian conflict what does the future hold in store for that peace process given this conflict within the palestinian groups and also with this outside provocation from the state. well in interest as did america also give up the right to be one of the top donors to the palestinian authority which the palestinian authority would have a very difficult time even existing without the support of america so i think it's a little premature to for him to make those kind of statements for them to be burning the american flag. you know clearly this

united states has not advocated changing any of the arrangements at the temple mount. the president specifically called for maintaining the status quo at the holy site. finally, the united states is not predetermined final status issues. we remain committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement. we support a two state solution if agreed to by the parties. those are the facts of what was said and done this week. there are a few more points that are central to the discussion of this issue. israel like all nations has the right to determine its capital city. jerusalem is the home of israel's parliament, president, prime minister, supreme court, and many of its ministries. it is common sense that foreign embassies relocated there. in virtually every country in the world, u.s. embassies are located in the host country's capital city. israel should be no different. the united states took this step in full knowledge that it will raise questions and concerns. our actions are intended to help advance the cause of peace. we must recognize that peace is advanced, not setback, wh

the main issue is holy basin on mount scopus, mount olives, temple mount.and get the international consensus that it belongs to israel, there is no problem, even without that consensus it belongs to israel. the big debate in the past was precisely regarding the holy base. i am happy we put that to rest. you can choose to look at it that way, the 250,000 or more arabs refuse to agree with what you think. it is interesting to me that you want to go much further, it seems, according to the greater jerusalem legislation that you and others are pushing in the israeli knesset, it seems you want to transfer approximately 120,000 palestinians who are currently regarded as legal residents of eastjerusalem, you want to push them outside of the city by redefining jerusalem's boundaries. do you think that will be remotely acceptable to the international community? we are talking about zoning, i am not quite sure what you are referring to. we are talking about municipal zoning. it is a question of what you define asjerusalem. as the municipal boundaries, in a sence, wha

play out the more than two hundred families here where we stand a good look at the on the temple mount and all the holes the. unique spot with a unique view no doubt that in under the elf there would be tens of thousand of the jews there here. i. believe we will buy more and more in situ on properties for moderates and they would fail because they want to sell to choose and more jews would move the why would they want to sell because they want money. they simple like why people are sitting in stock or more in line or flaw in the london or in paris because they want money and they want might be to improve the quality of life so that the said here on the move to somewhere else or they move or together from the area. feet high level not found his land. he never carried out the mission as he was ordered to do. instead and miss a pallet he took care of it as kind as expense in november two thousand and fourteen after the thirty day warning expired. one of the commanders that was the goes up and some office. want to get to the so i do have this order so is the levee a good one though i don't

in the city of world religions with holy sites on every corner the wailing wall alongside the temple mountthe dome of the rock and the church of the holy separate. jerusalem is a multi-layered complex tension laden and important topic that you can have different opinions about we'd like physicists to be able to form their own opinions are taking in the exhibition. there are fifteen rooms of historical artifacts works of art dealing with jerusalem and videos of everyday life in the holy city and out of spaces given up to showing people of various faiths practicing their religions. it is a feeling in your there's this latent risk to peace in jerusalem so it's good that we're able in berlin to look at what connects us not what divides us. and this should underline the value of what we share and of getting along peacefully. jerusalem is more than just an axis of world's religions it's also home to eight hundred thousand people who live alongside each other divided by real and invisible administrative borders are constantly being revised and political union land expropriated. month after i was

it is the temple mount.even without that consensus it belongs to israel. the big debate in the past was precisely regarding the holy base. i am happy we put that harassed. —— to wrest. holy base. i am happy we put that harassed. -- to wrest. you can look at it that way, the 250,000 all more refuse to agree with what you think. it is interesting to me that you wa nt to it is interesting to me that you want to go much further, it seems, according to the greaterjerusalem legislation that you and others are pushing right now, it seems you want to tra nsfer pushing right now, it seems you want to transfer approximately 120,000 palestinians who are currently regarded as legal residents of east jerusalem, you want to push them outside of the city by redefining jerusalem's boundaries. do you think that will be remarkably acceptable to the international community? we are talking about zoning, i am not sure what you are talking about. we are talking about municipal zoning. it isa are talking about municipal zoning. it

holy to jews supporting the mount where the temple once stood.ficance that's in dispute, it's its status. after nearly 20 years divided by barbed wire israeli forces took control of the whole city east and west in 1967. the international community did not recognize what israel called the unification of jerusalem. embassies stayed in tel aviv and east jerusalem was accepted as the capital of a future palestinian state in a negotiated settlement. this area is called abutor and a bit of a rarity in jerusalem because it's a mixed neighborhood. people who live on this part of the street identify as palestinians. >> inside i am palestinian and muslim and proud about that. >> translator: i don't think it's a successful step to move the embassy and it's not the right time to do it but the israelis and americans have other agendas that we can't change. >> a bit further down the road and let's talk to some folks here. >> i'm an israeli woman. i live in jerusalem. i love jerusalem. >> reporter: palestinians say they want east jerusalem to be part of their c

earlier protesters carried models of the temple mount through the streets. these symbolic acts bear one message jerusalem belongs to the palestinians and can never become israel's capital almost one hundred kilometers away more protests. we are here tonight and don't of it is muslims and the christians. on this candle is just. different messages toward the war. first of all we are refusing the speech of. jerusalem as a capital love for what called as well and moving. to. crowds demonstrated in turkey to the country's president friendship type add one making a diplomatic statement in support of the palestinians. who the struggle since jerusalem is currently under occupation we cannot go there and open our embassy but our consulate general is represented at ambassador level so we have to factor our complex this god willing that he is close when officially we will open our embassy there. despite the protests israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu reiterated his support for trump's plan to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and he condemned egypt's introducti

the question is serious or has originated from a conflict or which you islam and especially the temple mount so i mean this is what we're dealing with here and as you're on the ground there can you just tell us what the atmosphere is like because i mean we know the palestinian authority for example that they want to roessler as their capital that they have claims there as well what is the mood there at the moment and how do you see this playing out if if trump does indeed make this decision well i mean among the palestinian officials as a frenzy. there are they seem quite afraid that this could happen and mean. if it does they the thing about drucilla is that in the palestinian authority point of view they don't really have control over it it's in israeli. you know israeli police run the show here and i mean they don't have control what happens in the street in jerusalem or in the west bank they could if you know america declares moves their procedures on anything could happen it's true when they say they don't have control because they really won't happen till they barely have control now a

the status of jerusalem and temple mount have been determined by international agreements it is important to preserve jerusalem status for the sake of protecting peace in the region if a step is taken which alters the status of jerusalem that would be a major catastrophe. i'm joined here now at the table biographer baker he is a middle east analyst he's also a former advisor to the palestinian authority i mean it's good to have you back on the show. margaret abbas as i said they are reportedly has been on the phone nonstop talking to world leaders first of all what can he say to them and who can he speak to to actually effect change and to change don't want trans mine i mean i don't know if anyone can change donald trump spy and i think the only one who can do that is donald trump and some times i wonder if even he knows what he's doing at the moment and if he goes through with this it's it's it's going to be a catastrophe for all involved everyone whether he goes through that first step of either moving the embassy to jerusalem or simply to recognize why are we are we talking about diffe

forces protecting the temple mount, et cetera.ut as john says, you have to do it as part of a comprehensive agreement. it's very hard to do something like this just to say you're moving the capital. and andrea, what this also does is increase the level of degree that president trump calls this a deal because it alienates our sunni allies. israel needs them to fix any kind of deal with the palestinians. >> there's been secret back channel intelligence organizations that the president is trying to get to supplement the cia, as well as he's not yet named a foreign intelligence advisory board. >> right, i just saw these reports this morning. as they are cast, this is the idea of somehow secret intelligence support organization outside the structure of the cia and intelligence community. this would be many areas of discipline and chain of command that is strict, and that, importantly, is subject by law to congressional oversight. trying to do this outside of that realm will lead to nothing but trouble, i can guarantee you of that. i'm

it was sparked when sharon visited a holy sight known as the temple mount and to muslims as the noble sanctuary. this one was far more violent. an israeli human rights group estimated 950 israelis killed in this and 3,200 palestinians died. in 2005, palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas brokered a truce with sharon who by then had become israel's prime minister. now, the temple mount is where jewish tradition says the first and second temples, the holiest site in judaism stood. this is fwhoun of two mosques on the site. this is held in islamic treasure as where mohamed ascended into heaven. it also for christians is important putting this in delicate balance. strict rules where members on each members can faith. the president's new move is call frg a third intifada. something that would take maneuvering to avoid. his is what a lot of folks are worried about. because the activists, the people on the ground in the west bank and in jerusalem, the arabs who are dissatisfied and disgruntled don't necessarily -- they're not necessarily listening to their own leaders in the palestini

. >> chris, keep your eye on tomorrow's friday prayers a shareef temple mount. that will be an indication where this is going. >> thank you so much for your sophistication on this. >> always a pleasure, chris. >> the pleasure is ours. we're following a lot of news, including what you were just you watching in ramallah. let's get after this. >> there is no attorney/client privilege here whatsoever. >> capitol hill is a circus. it is mueller's team to tell the truth to. >> he has a very serious case of amnesia. >> enough is enough. i do not feel he should continue to serve. >> senator franken said to make an announcement about his future in the senate today. >> sexual harassment is nonpartisan. if it applies for al franken, the same standard for republicans. >> jerusalem is us rail's capital. >> this is just a reality check. palestinians and israelis need to live in the situation they settled together. >> no future role in peacemaking. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day". don trump jr. ref

birth at every wedding remember jerusalem i have here a replica of an ancient coin found on the temple mount in jerusalem it is dated from the year theek fifty seven a.d. during the time of the think in jewish temple their wards yoshua lime. juice a lamb the holy are written on these coins only three years later in the youth even the a.d. would our holy temple be destroyed and the jewish people sent into exile for two thousand year old. nearly seventy years ago this week shortly after israel declared independence by minister that we'd been growing on me that time is affirmation he said in a court jerusalem even in spiritual part of evil and their eternal capital no united nations vote can out there that the story fact it was an important message one that the ward too often seems to forget last year in this very same room we were here all of us almost all of us. the security council passed this shameful resolution two three three four this council had the audacity the horsepower to say that either its presence at their western wall in june was the lem has and a quart no legal validity and con

even lost gentry the temple mount has been at the heart of israeli palestinian tensions. after the nineteen forty eight arab israeli war jerusalem was divided into two with less than half place under israeli control and east and hough including the old city under jordanian rule. but the six day war in nineteen sixty seven changed the landscape. israel sees gaza and the sinai peninsula from egypt the west bank from jordan another the heights from syria. while israel pulled out of sinai and make peace with egypt and jordan it they crown ex east jerusalem along with that of the heights. abe this never recognized by the international community. i boundaries in status of jerusalem running a major stumbling block in efforts to find a t.. state solution with palestinianss. israel calls jerusalem its eternal and undivided capital. palestinians view east jerusalem as the capital of a future state. dozens of israeli settlements in east jerusalem considered illegal by international community further complicates the situation. i just don't have more about that i'm joined by you'll se

palestinians and negotiations the united states has not advocated changing any of the arrangements at the temple mount hareem serif the president specifically called for maintaining the status quo at the holy site finally and critically the united states is not predetermine in final status issues we remain committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement during her remarks nikki haley argued that the united nations was not treating israel properly and she also went on to say that because the united states side facilitated previous agreements between israel and egypt and israel and palestinians that they had been signed on the white house lawn with this show that the united states maintained credibility within the both sides those were her words the usa maintains credibility with both sides now we then heard from a representative of the palestinian authority and he seemed to strongly disagree with what nikki haley had said the u.s. decision to do or does the day lose impunity undermines and essentially disqualify its leadership role to seek peace in the region now in the aftermath of this announcement

reiterate the fundamental necessity of maintaining the status quo at the holy sites in particular the temple mount al sharif and we welcome president trumps call on the parties to maintain that status quo access and religious rights of both peoples must be respected we value jordan's important role as custody of the holy sites and remain fully supportive of their efforts to maintain calm we are deeply concerned by continued developments on the ground that undermine the prospects for a two state solution as the quartet has made clear settlement construction and expansion particularly in east jerusalem is a significant barrier to achieving that solution. terrorism and incitement to violence constitute another crucial barrier we will continue to press the parties to refrain from actions which make a viable peace more difficult to achieve a just and lasting resolution to end the occupation and deliver peace for both israelis and palestinians is long overdue recent developments demonstrate the urgency of progress towards peace today i reaffirm our strong support for renewed peace negotiations between t

thing county that every day especially in the old city home to the temple mount which arab school here am al-sharif on the western wall. every monday on thursday roy gives tours of the western wall to families from across israel. this israeli family from tel aviv on celebrating their son's bar mitzvah at thirteen he's a changed really just maturity. as i have called this child will find a updates jerusalem is our holy city our temple was here this is working david was crowned and his son built the temple of engine all of our roots are here was jerusalem belongs to the people of israel. to the jewish people the city. and the western wall is part of the temple. that's why we. there is nothing more impressive . nothing more profound. here and that is that we have i guess. whatever that political conviction religious observance will place of residence israelis feel an emotional time to jerusalem for nineteen years from nine hundred forty eight thousand nine hundred sixty seven the green line prevented jews from visiting the holiest site in judaism. that's not a should receive a bit in life

temple mount everything zoo i'm convinced that jersey missiles. it's always be alice. recognizing that soon asas a general. abu ghosh abuse twenty minutes west of jerusalem is populated mostly by israeli arabs. here they believe it is possible who east jerusalem today in palestinian hands. they consider this is only mine as lou jewish or this is only a couple this is only. the islamic fundamentalism such a declaration joss. more bass ride it into two parts between. this that free belong through island they nation we. we identify with the other side most israelis unhappy with donald trump's decision could have been no grand celebrations meanwhile arab israelis who phone twenty percent of the population fear being stigmatized by israel's current right wing governments. for the n. entities missing great has why do not shed that view as they say it is as hard to turn all its efforts towards jerusalem following that exploration by donald trump the iranian backed militia. holding an anti israel rally in it southern beirut stronghold is monday lebanon is home to an estimated

another intifada obviously we'll see some of the wrist to morrow in iran their prayers on the temple mount. but. you know i under the radar there's a there's a strong cooperation between israel really. on the other us security. forces and to put a scene in. and there is a mutual interest here. to really and not to let the situation they deteriorate so i think after a few days of the wrist. we'll see calm again but again the middle east and the palestinian israeli conflict doesn't toll the rate vokoun and something must happen and my hope is my the concern of these and the immediate . range of time that somebody. writes maybe or on the wrist will have but eventually the two parties need to sit down and talk because otherwise what we're going to see is a slow but sure drift toward one state. or other jews will be numbers and this will. remain a sense of failure was labia so really people need to wake up and do something to have it. mean we very much appreciate you speaking with us today about your take on this decision by trump and this administration and as we mentioned you are the former i

expectation were there was serious violence and the israelis made a wise decision to open the temple mounto everybody, jerusalemites and everybody so they avoided an inferno, an int fa da. what happened was extraordinary. because in effect what trump said to everyone was that recognizing jerusalem as the israeli capital did not in fact preclude also recognizing, you know, it's the capital of a future palestine. but he managed in his doltish, obtuse way where everybody know -- everybody's nose is out of joint. it was by sidelining them, he phones people up and tells them what's going to happen. and says, live with it, buster. >> department -- except for now you have the palestinians let's see if they follow through on the threat. the u.s. is just ruined it reputation as being indispensable, honest broker. but what about a peace process? president trump says he's going to unveil one, it will be the deal of the century. >> yeah, fairy dust. basically he believes in -- all the things that jared kushner's magically produced the total reinvention of government. it's ridiculous. the only way fair