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On the recordDecember 5, 2017
Jerusalem is the most difficult piece of real state on God's earth and so we don't want to take one tiny piece of that final status and preempt it.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala discusses the complexities of Jerusalem's status in peace negotiations and critiques the U.S. decision to recognize it as Israel's capital without a comprehensive agreement.

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