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You can tell theres a little bit of frustration with the obama delegation in that thats the stage that were at, but that is the stage that were at. the issue of settlements, which is something the president dodged yesterday with netanyahu, he couldnt quite dodge it today but, boy, did he tap dance around it. take a listen. >> we do not consider continued settlement activity to be constructive, to be appropriate, to be something that can advance the cause of peace. i will say with respect to isra...

>> they talk about settlement activity on the west bank. >> in the past, we ripped up settlements, 21 settlements to advance the peace process, didnt get peace, got rockets. we froze settlement construction in the west bank for ten months to get the palestinians back to the table. they have a lot of preconditions, not just settlements. we have no preconditions. a lot of things we asked the palestinians to do but dont form them as preconditions. we think the only way to resolve this conflict is t...

A growing gap between israel and the united states. and i think most israelis will not accept that. the fact of the matter is, many of them would like to have their cake and eat it, too. have our friendship, but do what they want, which is land. but most of them are sensible enough that perhaps the two are not possible, so you have to pick. and friendship with the united states is fundamental to israels survival. >> jeffrey goldberg made the point from "the atlantic" and "bloomberg view" that hi...

Records a historic achievement. meanwhile the palestinians, as they were celebrating israels settlement activity on the we felt bank continued n response to the u.n. vote they said they were planning for additional construction in this very same area but actual work could be years away. forecast also gave the green light to construction for three other other units in east jerusalem and other places on the west bank. at the weekly cabinet meeting, president netanyahu dismissed settlement and said...

Of the normal channel for resolving the conflict peacefully, that is through negotiati negotiations, sideways to the united nations. it doesnt move the palestinians forward. its a significant but symbolic act. and if it produces a kind of punitive, vicious circle in which the israelis now announce more settlement activity, the particularly strategic activity it seems to be, and then the palestinians decide to go to the international criminal court who would charge israel with some crimes and the...

Deals. whenever theres violence, thats imperilling the peace pro -- >> american policy -- they have done the thing that has been asked which is there havent been terrorist attacks. they have built the institutions of the palestinian state and nothing happened. from where they sit, what they have seen are increased settlement activity and no move toward peace. what are you talking about? there was no peace process beforehand despite the fact we were doing what you told us to do. >> which is a dif...

could we be next? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." today were coming to you live from cnns jerusalem, israel. he left there live earlier today. hes now in poland with the president-elect. were going to have a live report in the next hour from pole land. we begin this hour with my one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. governor romney, thanks so much for joining us, in jerusalem. what a beautiful city. im sure youve been moved by what youve see...

magnitude. short jolt. only lasted for a few seconds. from what we understand, no damage. but, yeah, very unsettling this morning, about 5:30 this morning, carol. >> unsettling but i dare say californians are pretty used to this, right? >> very used to it. but anytime it happens, you know, this early in the morning, people are a little bit more unsettled as people are getting ready, you know, for their day. we know that its standard operating procedure for them to check bridges and thi...

Solution. >> reporter: palestinians say theyre ready to resume talks if israel stops building settlements in the west bank as they want as part of a homeland. a spokesman says, quote, theres a contradiction between israels willingness to negotiate between territories and assistance in determining the future of the territories through illegal settlement activity. but israel, which has already given up the gaza strip and other parts of its country says the palestinians are not serious negotiators,...

shall we? and there is another showdown over a possible shutdown. one week from today, the federal government will are up out of money. so with critical government programs and disaster relief hanging in the balance, congress is taking the weekend off. but they say they have good reason to. they needed to cool off a bit. cnn congressional correspondent indicate baldwin tells us whats holding up a deal. >> with lawmakers heading for the exits and after a long week of heated debate. >> t...