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Alone, divided with palestinians, whatever they work out, but in service of that final working out, we had a chance here to actually trade something. to come to netanyahu and say, look. you want recognition of jerusalem as israels capital from the united states. every israeli government wanted that. im a dealmaker, donald trump. heres the deal, bb. ill give you that recognition and in return i want you to announce that you will freeze all settlement building in the west bank beyond the blocks, b...

The three great faiths which have holy site s in jerusalem. he is not talking about moving the embassy. many talk about moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. it is unlikely to happen. he is not talking about other such issues that the israelis really want. also, he will meet with abbas, president of the palestinian authority. a lot of settlement building has happened in the occupied west bank since president trump was elected. this trip to israel is a very traditional allied trip the u....

A deal. he invited him to the white house but no date has been set. they say the palestinian leader will express his concerns to the settlement building. mr. trumps choicetor u.s. ambassador to israel has been a supporter of settlements and hes now just one step away from confirmation. senate committee approved his nomination on thursday and he could be confirmed next week. president trump also has connections to israels settlement activity. >> in the shadow of the palestinian city of ra mall la...

From a u.n. security council vote condemning israeli settlements. kerrys remarks considered a parting shot at israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu whose relationship with president obama has deteriorated over the last eight years as the two have clashed over differences on settlement building and the iran nuclear deal. retired four-star general jack keane is the chair of the institute for the study of war and a fox news military analyst. general, good to see you again. thanks for coming. >>...

From a u.n. security council vote condemning israeli settlements. kerrys remarks considered a parting shot at israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu whose relationship with president obama has deteriorated over the last eight years as the two have clashed over differences on settlement building and the iran nuclear deal. retired four-star general jack keane is the chair of the institute for the study of war and a fox news military analyst. general, good to see you again. thanks for coming. >>...

Very difficult if not impossible. if you have more and more settlements being built in the area that is supposed to be the future palestine, it makes it harder to have the future p palestine. >> chuck schumer, and elliott angle, the top democrat on house foreign affairs. our correspondent has more on that part from this story in washington. >> good evening. secretary of john kerrys speech criticizing israel has drawn a robust response from benjamin netanyahu and some democrats. for over an hour ...

Settlement building. the top democrat says that approach is misguided. >> its easy for us to sit and point fingers saying the israelis should do this or that. i didnt hear much from john kerry about what the palestinians need to do. its easy for us to do it. >> chuck schumer writes in a statement, quote, while secretary kerry mentioned gaza in his speech, he seemed to forget the history of the settlements in gaza and the palestinians responded by sending rockets into israel. some democrats are a...

>> reporter: it was a relatively quiet day here. until we got that response to the russia announcement. transition officials tell us to expect a flurry of activity in the next few days as they fill the four remaining cabinet level positions. all of the deputies and announce who americas next batch of ambassadors are going to be as well. >> peter doocy, thank you. the fraying relationship between the u.s. and israel is spreading across washington and around the world. many are weighing in and t...

He called out the palestinians for failing to crack down more on terrorism and glorifying terrorists naming streets and public squares after them. the majority of the speech was criticism of israel on the settlement issue. he said the government of israeli benjamin netanyahu is the most right-wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. shortly after the speech the palestinian president mahmoud abbas released a statement he is willing to resume negotiations if isra...

>> doctor, you have said that, and, and, and the -- you know the plo, you have to stop this settlement building before we can get to peace talks again before we can get move forward with this process. if you look historically back not that long ago 2009, the israeli government spent ten months with a complete freeze on settlement building, and the palestinians did not come to the table for months and months and months until the very end. what guarantees do they have that a freeze would be meanin...