tzipi livni disagrees with that. she acknowledges, as you have and others have, that there are problems with the plo or the palestinian authority, as we call it now, in terms of legitimacy on the street, but that israel has contributed to that delegitimization. so what does success look like in terms of who speaks for palestinians? >> this is really important. and here's where it's so important for palestinians to have their voices heard. one of the problems is that we're hearing what israelis want. >> we're hearing what the united states wants. but nobody's asked the palestinians what it is that they want. and this is the essence of self-determination. israel can't seem to get out of its mind that it can't continue to control palestinians in their lives. you know, it's sort of ridiculous to think that they should be able to control who leads palestinians. >> and at the same time, nobody says to palestinians, you get to choose who israel's leadership is. and so the real question is whether the world is going to empow

we're talking about the and i'm hoping to speak with tzipi livni, the former vice prime minister of israelshortly. i'll speak to diana bhutto, who held a position with the plo. but you wrote in an op ed for the new york times, the success of this agreement will depend on donald trump's policies as president. he now owns the process, the return of all the hostages, the release of more palestinian prisoners, and turning a six week ceasefire into an end to the war. all of that will be challenging in its failure or success, will determine whether the agreement was simply a respite between rounds or an actual pathway to peace. end quote. talk to me about this. at the moment, it does seem like like donald trump's envoy to these negotiations, reporting initial reporting that he was helpful to the process. but what happens next? >> look, the reality is, if the president elect believed that somehow this issue was going to be resolved and taken off his agenda by january 20th, he's not looking at things in a realistic way. he now owns this agreement. steven witkoff is special envoy, and it's an extra