>>> WELCOME BACK TO "MORNING
JOE."
FOREIGN POLICY IS LOOMING LARGE
OVER THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
WITH SERIOUS CHALLENGES FACING
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION,
REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS IN
NOVEMBER.
IN THE COMING WEEKS, "MORNING
JOE" IS DIVING INTO THE MOST
PRESSING INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
BEGINNING TODAY WITH THE MIDDLE
EAST.
JOINING US NOW, NBC NEWS SENIOR
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT KEIR
SIMMONS.
KEIR?
>> GOOD MORNING.
IT IS POSITIVE IMPORTANT, TO
CRUCIAL THAT YOU GUYS ARE
LOOKING IN DEPTH AT THIS, THAT
YOUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
COMMISSIONED THIS BECAUSE I
DON’T THINK IT’S AN EXAGGERATION
TO SAY THAT THIS ELECTION MAY BE
AS IMPORTANT TO THE WORLD AS,
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN FDR WAS
RE-ELECTED IN 1940 DURING THE
HEIGHT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD WHO DON’T HAVE A VOTE KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER MAY
DEEPLY AFFECT THEIR LIVES.
AS YOU MENTIONED, TODAY WE’RE
GOING TO LOOK AT THE MIDDLE EAST
AND ISRAEL IN PARTICULAR.
WHOEVER IS PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR
MAY HAVE TO MAKE CRUCIAL
DECISION ABOUT THE LONG TALKED
ABOUT TWO-STATE SOLUTION.
AND THAT WILL BE PROFOUNDLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE
ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN ISSUE.
>> Reporter: THE PAST SEVEN
DECADES HAVE SEEN WARS, CIVIL
UNREST AND PEACE DEALS BUT IT’S
OFTEN APPEARED LIKE LITTLE
CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO ISRAEL
AND THE PALESTINIANS.
THAT’S NOT HOW IT LOOKS RIGHT
NOW.
WHOEVER IS PRESIDENT FROM
JANUARY WILL FACE A NEW MIDDLE
EAST AND POTENTIALLY HISTORIC
DECISIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ALONG WITH HIS
SON-IN-LAW AND SENIOR ADVISER
JARED KUSHNER HAVE BEEN MOVING
THE NEEDLE IN WAYS PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT UNTHINKABLE AND IN WAYS
THAT ARE, PERHAPS, IRREVERSIBLE.
>> I TOOK MY PROMISE, RECOGNIZED
THE TRUE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL AND
OPENED THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN
JERUSALEM.
>> Reporter: FOR FILLING A
PASSIONATE GOAL OF HIS
EVANGELICAL BASE AND SHATTERING
THE LONG-HELD IDEA OF U.S.
SUPPORT FOR A PALESTINIAN
CAPITAL IN EAST JERUSALEM.
THE U.S. HAS RECOGNIZED GOLAN
HEIGHTS AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
IN 2019 EVEN NAMED A SETTLEMENT
THERE, TRUMP HEIGHTS.
AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
RECOGNIZED ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
IN THE WEST BANK AS LEGAL, GOING
AGAINST DECADES OF U.S. POLICY
THAT ARE CONSIDERED THE
COMMUNITY’S ILLEGAL UNDER
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
THEN THIS MONTH A PEACE DEAL
THAT READ MORE LIKE A TRADE
DEAL, SIGNED AT THE WHITE HOUSE
BETWEEN ISRAEL, THE UAE AND
BAHRAIN.
AMBASSADOR GOLD KNOWS PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
WELL.
>> SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK
OFFICE, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND THE
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN
VERY CLOSE.
WITH A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING OF
ISRAEL’S DLEMSILEMMAS, ISRAEL
PROBLEMS.
>> Reporter: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE SAYS CRUCIALLY THE
GULF STATES ARE READY TO MOVE
ON.
>> I THINK THEY’RE TIRED OF THE
SITUATION, TIRED OF THE
SITUATION NOT CHANGING.
THEY SEE CLEARLY THAT IRAN IS ON
A VERY BAD PATH AND A WRONG
PATH.
AS FAR AS THE PALESTINIANS ARE
CONCERNED, I THINK THEY SEE THEY
HAVE MISSED OPPORTUNITY AFTER
OPPORTUNITY.
>> Reporter: THE PALESTINIANS
HAVE NOT TAKEN A SEAT AT THE
TABLE FOR RECENT NEGOTIATIONS
DURING TRUMP’S SO-CALLED DEAL OF
THE CENTURY.
THE PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR TO
THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS BASED IN
WASHINGTON UNTIL A TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SHUTTERED THE
PALESTINIAN MISSION TO THE
UNITED STATES TWO YEARS AGO.
>> WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
NETANYAHU ARE DOING IS
ABRACADABRA.
THE ABRACADABRA POPS, THE
RABBITS HAVE DISAPPEARED.
>> Reporter: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE TOLD US PALESTINIANS
HAVE MISJUDGED THEIR
NEGOTIATIONS.
THEY GOT IT WRONG.
>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT CENTIMETERS
OF LAND HERE AND THERE.
THIS IS ABOUT HUMAN, SHEER,
PURE, HUMAN DIGNITY, HUMAN
RIGHTS, HUMAN ASPIRATIONS.
>> Reporter: THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS CHANGED
GEOPOLITICS BUT LOOK CLOSELY AT
THE FACTS ON THE GROUND AND IT’S
CLEAR, FUTURE PRESIDENTS WILL
HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME HARSH
REALITIES.
OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, OVER
600,000 JEWISH SETTLERS HAVE
BUILT COMMUNITIES IN PARTS OF
EAST JERUSALEM AND THE WEST
BANK.
>> FIRST THING OUT THERE --
>> Reporter: LAND PROMISED TO
THE PALESTINIANS FOR A FUTURE
STATE.
>> THIS IS OUR HISTORIC
HOMELAND, WHERE OUR ROOTS ARE,
WHERE OUR IDENTITY IS.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE HATE ARABS.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE SHOULD HAVE
UPWARD MOBILITY.
IT JUST MEANS THIS IS OUR LAND.
>> Reporter: THAT’S AN
IMPOSSIBLE IDEA TO THE
PALESTINIANS.
>> THIS LAND, SOONER OR LATER,
ACCORDING TO THE ISRAELS, IT
WILL BE TAKEN.
AND TO BE HONEST, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE
ABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS SIDE AND
WEAK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> Reporter: THIS MAN SAYS HIS
FAMILY HAS OWNED THIS LAND FOR
GENERATIONS, WHICH NOW SITS IN
THE SHADOW OF THIS SETTLEMENT.
>> TAKING THIS PART OF LAND FROM
ME, IT’S LIKE TAKING MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: SOLVING THIS
HISTORIC IMPASSE IS THE DEAL
PRESIDENT TRUMP HASN’T DONE.
DURING HIS LAST ELECTION, PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU PROMISED TO,
QUOTE, APPLY ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY
OVER OR ANNEX PARTS OF THE WEST
BANK.
WORDS ISRAEL, ANNEXING INGING PA
THE WEST BANK, MAKE A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE?
>> IT MAKES IT HARDER AND
HARDER.
WITH EACH STEP ISRAEL TAKES TO
RESOLVE WHAT ARE CALLED FINAL
STATUS ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES, IT SHRINKS THE SPACE
FOR A POSSIBLE RESOLUTION.
AND I THINK SHRINKING SPACE FOR
A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION MAY HAVE
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF
INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF
CONFLICT.
>> Reporter: WHO WINS THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER COULD BE
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER COULD BE
THE DECIDING FACTOR.
>> SENATOR CHRIS COONS WHO COULD
BE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER
BIDEN, MEANWHILE THE SECRETARY
SAYING THEY COULD BE PART OF THE
WEST BANK.
THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TOLD US
THAT ANNEXING PARTS OF THE WEST
BANK, EVEN UNDER A PRESIDENT
BIDEN, IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
ISRAEL’S SECURITY.