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earlier this hour you saw

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secretary of state Antony

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blinken meeting with the

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Palestinian authority president

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Mahmoud abbas, the trip coming

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at a time of increasing violence

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in the region, including seven

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dead after an attacker opened

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fire outside of a Jerusalem

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synagogue and at least nine

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Palestinians dead.

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I want to bring in a former

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state department Middle East

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negotiator Aaron David Miller a

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senior fellow at the Carnegie

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endowment.

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We are waiting to hear any

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moment now from secretary

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blinken as he is going to hold a

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press conference.

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This is not the trip that he

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thought he was going to be

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getting when they planned this,

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and now he's going there.

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It's a time of such high

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tension.

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What are you expecting to hear

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from him?

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>> I think it's a really tough

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lift, and I think, kaitlan, that

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in order to analyze this

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correctly you have to see the

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blinken trip as part of a

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broader piece.

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In the last month this new

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Israeli government, you've seen

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an administration engage more

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frequently, intensely and at a

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senior level with the

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government.

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No administration Republican or

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Democrat that I ever worked for

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engaged in this kind of

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diplomacy.

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I think it reflects their

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concern, but it also reflects

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the reality that I think they

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want to take the prime minister

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at his word.

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He put together this government

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which includes two extremist

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ministers and I think by

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engaging him directly they want

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to make it unmistakably clear

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that he is responsible for the

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actions of his government, but

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on the trip it's going to be

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very difficult for blinken to

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get steps by both sides to

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deescalate, let alone guarantee

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that we could stabilize a very

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volatile situation between

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Israelis and Palestinians.

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>> I wonder what you think all

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of this escalation and violence

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that has happened in the last

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month since blinken planned his

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trip ties into what would be

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Netanyahu's sort of biggest goal

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in far as furthering the Abraham

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accord, relations with Saudi

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Arabia.

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You said there is no pathway out

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of this cul-de-sac.

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>> They are in a strategic

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cul-de-sac and I think that, you

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know, you have a perfect storm

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here.

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You have a 56-year-old Israeli

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occupation, a Palestinian

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authority that's weakening,

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losing control, you've got arms

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groups tied to hamas and

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Palestinian still planning

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attacks and you have the new

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government.

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Netanyahu's key priority, tip

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owe nile was right, all politics

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are local, he put together this

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government to pass legislation

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to nullify, immunize himself

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from his ongoing trial.

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That's why he needs these two

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extremists.

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65 stiets in the knesset and

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they have leverage over him.

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It's going to affect the Abraham

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accords as well.

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>> What do you think you're

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going to hear from blinken next?

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What are you going to hear from

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him?

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>> He's going to talk about a

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two-state solution, talk about

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the importance of Palestinian

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dignity and security and

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Palestinian rights.

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If he's lucky, I think this will

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probably be a stretch, maybe he

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could get Mahmoud abbas to

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recommit to security cooperation

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with the Israelis but I think

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that's going to be very

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difficult.

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It's a tough lift.

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It's a mission impossible.

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>> It is a tough lift and it has

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not been the top of the priority

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list for the Biden

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administration.

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They've been dealing with China,

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with what's happening in

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Ukraine.

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Aaron David Miller, we wait to