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>> its threatened, he said, in the field by increasing israeli settlements, and threatened politically because of progressive weakening of those who are in favor of peace. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, called a conference, quote, useless and comes as many world leaders fear that president-elect donald trumps policies will exacerbate the conflict. trump is an avid supporter of israels building settlements on palestinian land, and hes vowed to shift the american embassy from tel aviv ...

>> its threatened, he said, in the field by increasing israeli settlements, and threatened politically because of progressive weakening of those who are in favor of peace. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, called a conference, quote, useless and comes as many world leaders fear that president-elect donald trumps policies will exacerbate the conflict. trump is an avid supporter of israels building settlements on palestinian land, and hes vowed to shift the american embassy from tel aviv ...

After last months u.n. resolution that condemned israeli settlements. centicountrys, including ones from key european and arab nations, reaffirmed their positions that the only way to bring about peace in the holy land was a negotiated, two-state solution. the paris conference was led by french president francois hollande who said that the two-state solution is under serious threat. [speaking french] >> translator: its threatened, he said, in the field by increasing israeli settlements and threa...

Is netanyahu so upset? is it because he is maybe strategically he doesnt have as much leverage as he once had? >> well i think hes upset largely because the speech is as strong as it was, and it lays bare all of the inconsistencies in both israeli policy but also in palestinian policy and no leader is going to want to see that happen. hes now exposed. the israeli press for example has taken him to task since the time of the u.n. resolution a week ago for policies that are leading israel into a v...

Warned israel of its abstention. >> weve known for some time the palestinians were intent on moving forward with a settlement resolution and i advised the prime minister repeatedly that further settlement activity only invited u.n. action. >> reporter: as prime minister benjamin netanyahu concluded his response to secretary kerry, palestinian president abbas released a statement of his own saying that hes also ready to resume peace negotiations if israel stops building settlements. doug. >> than...

Presidents, trump has jumped into both feet into one of the most difficult foreign policy issues for any president, the israeli-palestinian conflict. the president-elect has been working the phones, calling world leaders to scuttle an anti-israel resolution at the u.n. >> reporter: just hours before the u.n. security council was set to vote on a resolution, calling for israel to stop building settlements, calling them a violation of international law, the ballot was abruptly called off. cnn lear...

Republicans, put his thumb in the presidents eye in a very personal way. is this one last kidney shot before barack obama leaves the scene? >> yeah, im not sure how productive this is, jim. you know, the very first ask from the obama administration to the netanyahu administration back in 2009 was to stop building settlements. this is sort of like a book end to that. they werent able to get anywhere on that issue. partly because they dont have a good personal relationship. i will say, though, i t...

Response to the security council resolution and nbc joins us now from honolulu. what are you hearing from there? >> reporter: even though president obama has been out here on vacation, he had several meetings with his national security team and that was how he came to this decision. you know, the position for the u.s., they always had the same position on the settlement activity. all president obama had to do was vote no to veto the resolution, but he abstained. this means the resolution means t...

Tensions within that family, but when someone from outside the family criticizes, well, then the united states is always there to defend israel. and so it was in 2011, when president obamas ambassador to the u.n. vetoed a resolution condemning the construction and expansion of israeli settlements in an occupied palestinian territory. egypt recently introduced another version of that resolution which was scheduled to come to the vote at the united nations today at 3:00 p.m. and this time, the uni...

Israeli official telling me they had no choice but to weigh in with the president-elect, asking him to intervene and to help israel out. this was an egyptian proposal to go through at the united nations. president-elect trump reached out to president al cici asking him to delay the vote. tonight, a dispute over peace, politics, and the role of the u.s. presidency may be coming to a head at the united nations. just hours before the security council was set to vote for a resolution calling for isr...