Donald Trump's unconventional diplomatic approach is the direct cause of the current movement toward peace in the Middle East.

“The rewriting of the rules in the Middle East and beyond is happening right now. It is 100 percent because of Donald Trump thinking about this area, this part of the world, this war-torn part of the world in a new way.”

She argues that the peace process has failed because the Palestinian leadership consistently rejects statehood in favor of a totalizing ideology that aims to eliminate Jewish self-determination.

“What I discovered is there's one place where they never lie, which is that they are committed to the non-existence of a Jewish state.”

The conventional wisdom that solving the Palestinian problem is the necessary first step for peace in the Middle East has proven to be an incorrect and failed approach.

“The conventional wisdom has said some of these following propositions with regard to Israel and the Palestinians, the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria. One, the way that you get to Middle Eastern peace is by solving the Palestinian problem first. By solving the intractable Palestinian issue first, and ”

The current ceasefire agreement is a meaningful accomplishment that relies on Trump's aggressive use of American power.

“I still think when you see all of the things that happened at the same time yesterday, it was an extraordinary thing to pull off.”

The recent ceasefire is a significant achievement that establishes a basic framework, but it is not true peace.

“The bombing has stopped. Hostages are being reunited with their families. So that of itself is a huge achievement. But I think we're kidding ourselves. We think this is peace. What we've got now is the beginning of the framework.”