diplomacy and get there. israel refused any consideration of the two-state solution, which has been the main thing blocking that. >> reporter: yeah, andrea. the palestinian authority, the palestinian semi-government in the occupied west bank, they are angry, they are frustrated by this u.s. veto. they are not necessarily surprised. it was unfair, unethical and unjustified. the palestinians are taking some comfort in the fact that they did get 12 votes at the u.n. security council. there was the u.s. veto and then the uk and switzerland abstained. they are saying, there's a strong majority at the highest body of the united nations for the palestinians to be recognized as a full state. the american position is that that is premature. a state of palestine needs to come about through mutual negotiations with israel. it's worth saying that under