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They were supposed to meet with members of the knesset. thats just categorically not true. i want to emphasize one thing. anybody who supports the two-state solution should be outraged about the fact israel does be support a two-state solution. in fact israeli members of the ruling coalition sent a letter to members of congress objecting to the fact the american congress still invokes the language of the two-state solution. so anyone who supports an end to the occupation which is a prerequisite ...

Project and through the bulk of the presidential campaign. the most interesting campaign times, flynn had a front row seat. and flynns cooperation with mueller should cause concern not just for the president but also for jared kushner. mueller seems to hint in this memo that he is interested in the conversations in the lead-up to the u.n. security councils resolution that would have criticized israel for building settlements in the west bank. in court filings it says the senior transition team o...

>> right. christmas holidays, all those things. >> and what we learn is that -- and one of the questions we werent entirely sure on what specifically did they talk about. and in terms of sanctions. what the nature of that conversation was. and this court document suggests it was much more explicit than perhaps people may have thought. that flynn actually said, you no he, there was actually an exchange. and not only that, we also learned he had this december 22 conversation with the russian ambas...

Over the last couple of days, president trump has been trying to nudge the israelis on the eve of his arrival to try and ease some of the restrictions on the palestinian side by trying to reduce checkpoints, perhaps increase some of the economic opportunity that may exist for the palestinians living under israeli occupation. thats certainly something he is going to cite as an example of a good will gesture to try to get the palestinians back to the negotiating table. the palestinians have consis...

Israel. the moving of the embassy would be seen in the arab world has a very unfriendly act. >> why? explain to somebody why would, it is israels capital. arent israelis right in saying this has been our functioning capital. every other country in the world functions capital where the embassies are. >> even before the bit you mentioned in the lead up to this, in 1947 united nations when it gave legitimacy to the idea of the a jewish state, an arab state said they had to be a separate entity. oth...

Israel. the moving of the embassy would be seen in the arab world as a very unfriendly act. >> why? to explain to somebody why would -- look, it is israels capital, are they right in saying this has been our functioning capital, every other country in the world, the functioning capital is where the embassies are? >> even before the bit you mentioned in the leadup to this, in 1947 united nations when it gave legitimacy to the idea of a jewish state and arab state said jerusalem had to be a separa...

Settlements are not an impediment to peace is their view but potentially not helpful, but then it said theres no official position by the administration yet. its hard to draw conclusions based on a statement that has these internal contradictions. >> and juan, on the subject of iran, boeings deal with tehran is not involved so companies are warned not to be engaged with those who are sanctioned and cant have a financial relationship, but the quds force, the revolutionary guard, is not really goi...

A strong statement for the need of maintenance of sanctions related to crimea until russia gives that area back. now, youve not heard yet, not specifically from secretary tillerson on this question. i think his views of russia are in many ways the least well-known and the most questions raised about his relationship with the russians in advance of him becoming secretary of state. until theres clarification who speaks for the administration on the question of russia. i wouldnt want to draw conclu...

People you know, very experienced veteran correspondents saying that on russia, nikki haley at the u.n. went off russia on ukraine just yesterday. on the settlements they put out a statement for the first time chiding israel, not saying so as strongly of course as the previous administrations, but saying that its not helpful to the peace process for israel to keep building settlements. whats going on here? >> well i think its honestly too early to tell. i mentioned before, and when you asked me ...

Conversation. we have tremendous respect for the people of australia and the prime minister, it was a follow-up on the call but well continue to work through this. well honor the commitments weve made in some way meaning that we are going to vet these people in accordance with the agreement that happened and well continue to have further updates as we do. john roberts? >> last night on settlements of israel, has there been a shift in u.s. policy? you said you didnt think they were helpful to ach...