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Are moving into the middle of palestinian areas, its going to be just that much harder to separate. that much harder to imagine transferring sovereignty. and that is exactly the outcome that some are purposefully accelerating. lets be clear. settlement expansion has nothing to do with israels security. many settlements actually increase the security burden on the israeli defense forces and leaders of the settler movement are motivated by ideological imperatives that ignore legitimate palestinian...

Settlements. one of the sticking points of any lasting peace agreement. im joined by cal perry. a lasting peace between palestinians and israel. >> for the obama administration, they view it as the main obstacle to peace. in what they call a two state solution. here is the state of israel with the west bank, the gaza strip would be right here. if you take a look at the map with settlements on it, tre are 125. your blue dotare settlements. 125 sanctioned settlements. still considered illegal unde...

Army or unit has to be stationed deep in the west bank in order to protect that settlement. that is a major political problem in israel. >> so the bottom line is why in this particular case do you think its been so hard to bring these two sides about resolving some issues? >> for the israeli politicians, especially this administration, the administration of benjamin netanyahu, its a security issue. they view settlements as necessary for israel. israel proper heres security. they view these settl...

Condemning settlements in the west bank and jerusalem. an accusation the white house has denied. ahead of kerrys remarks, israel reportedly canceled a vote on building hundreds of new homes and settlements in east jerusalem. reuters reporting the request to postpone that vote came from prime minister netanyahu himself in an attempt to deescalate tensions with the outgoing obama administration prior to secretary kerrys remarks were going to be listening to in a moment. also this morning, strong s...

Members, well, newly declared closed military area. you cant do it. thats what were talking about when we talk about restricted access. >> lets talk about the debate over settlements. they seem to be in israel theres a much more robust debate about settlements in terms of whether theyve been good for israel in the long term, in terms of security and peace, whether they are part of the ideology to settle that land. is the debate there sometimes more robust than what we hear in the u.s. or in the ...