kind of set the stage for us because this disagreement that we ve had between the u.s. and israel, particularly between benjamin netanyahu and barack obama, is nothing new. but does this change the equation significantly? it certainly changed perhaps the degree of respect the two men have for one another because a lot of this has become personal. you talked about the history between these two men. it s certainly been a tumultuous one the last couple of years with the prime minister coming here and lobbying against the iran deal, all sorts of stuff. interestingly it came to a head over the past week with the showdown at the united nations. and in particular these new accusations that are coming out by the israeli government that the obama administration actually orchestrated this u.n. security council resolution. that resolution was in essence condemning israel s building of illegal settlements on occupied palestinian lands, something the international community says is a violation of
they know that netanyahu himself he knows that. he destroyed the chances of the peace process and the creation of the palestinian state and now he s trying to destroy the palestinian people they will selves. and that s happening in gaza and the west bank at the same time. what i have to tell mr. netanyahu, you have to understand the facts of the life. you can t keep occupying the palestinian lands, fighting the palestinians. you have to admit that there is a historical mistake was done by occupying the palestinian lands. you have to withdraw your troops. this can be done peacefully. if it s not done in this way, the palestinians will resist for generation until their lands will be liberated. osama hamdan joining from us doha, qatar. mr. hamdan, thanks very much for joining us. we ll continue our conversations. we ve had now several over the past few days.
davis got the death penalty for the murder of a savannah police officer back in 1989, no dna evidence ever linked davis to the crime. most of the witnesses who testified against him recanted. but the man who prosecuted davis stands by his case. there are two troy davis cases. there is the legal case. the case in court. and the public relations case. we have consistently won the case as it s been presented in court. we have consistently lost the case as it s been presented in the public realm on tv and else where. prominent figures from former president jimmy carter to pope benedict have asked georgia to spare davis s life because of doubts about his guilt. president obama and benjamin netanyahu are going to discuss mahmood abbas is set to declare palestine a state. president obama will personally press abbas to work for state hood through negotiations with israel. the two meet later this afternoon, and just a few moments ago, president obama spoke to the general assem
settlers living in the we have bank. every government has asked israel to settle this for decades but settlers control 42% of land in the west bank. most experts believe a land swap is possible but there s another complicating factor. since 2002, israel has been building this, what it calls its security barrier, originally intended to keep palestinian suicide bombers out of israel. palestinians have another term for it. they call it the apartheid separation wall and they think it s a land grab. a united nations report says 85% of it is built on palestinian lands. it s tricky for both sides to talk about borders when this war has effectively drawn out its own border no matter how temporary. another contentious issue, the try of return. hundreds of thousands of palestinians were displaced in