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That hits the united states. this is no joke. im scared to death with this president in office. >> all right. let me ask you about the history. there are campaign operatives, obama campaign operatives right now, there is elections in israel on the 17th, and right now, they are working actively to embarrass to humiliate and defeat netanyahu, who i would argue is the churchill/reagan of our time. but i want to put up as we talk here, the history. and have you comment on it. it goes back to 2009 wh...

President was in cairo, and he was critical of israel for their new settlements. and then it goes to 2009 at the u.n., obama critical of israel for the new settlement construction. and then it goes to an interview in march of 2010 hillary calls for actions about netanyahu quote, insulting. obama in 2011, obama says he wants israel to return to the 67 borders something we said we would never do to them. john kerry said in 2014 hot mike, israels operation a hell of a pin point operation. and weve ...

Isolation and potentially demographic disaster. if you see no peace deal and continue to aggressive settlement construction, says the president, if the palestinians come to believe that the possibility of a contiguous sovereign palestinian state is no longer within reach, then our ability to manage the international fallout is limited. the interview includes a few veiled maybe taps, not quite jabs, at kerry, whos generated some angst in the west wing, for drawing outside the lines in getting the...

Kerry headed to the mideast for peace talks. the israeli government reportedly has delayed an announcement about new settlement construction. the move avoids a potentially high profile dispute during kerrys visit. and relatives trying to get a 13-year-old girl on life support moved to another medical facility, have a new ally, jahi mcmath has been declared legally dead, now the famently of teri schiavo is calling for jahi to be moved before the machines who keep her alive will be shut off. sch...

The site. they also say one of the trains involved in the crash derailed at a switch in the tracks but they found nothing unusual about the tracks or any signals. according to the ntsb, all tank cars have been removed from the rails and crews are now working to rebuild the track. u.s. secretary of state john kerry hours ago landed in televiv for peace talks. he will head to israel then to ramala. israeli government reportedly has delayed an announcement about new settlement construction. the m...

Would prime minister netanyahu potentially have put these talks in jeopardy at this stage? >> well, a lot of what happens around the talks -- i mean, we dont know for sure. a lot of it is posturing for domestic audiences. each side does things and reacts to the other side as part of somewhat of a choreographed dance. i think to some degree, you know, you see the settlement announcement around the same time as the prisoner release. thats probably not a coincidence. john kerry said these announcem...

There were protest in molala. palestinians were angry the israeli he wouldnt agree up front to suspend settlement construction and make pre1967 borders starting point for drawing up a palestinian state but israelis so for made no commitments on either dedemand. sh shannon? >> wendel, thank you so much. action on peace talks remains divided. >> i believe it is a good time to give it a chance and try it again. i hope things are going to happen this time as we wish they would. >> i think back to ...

It is going to be extremely difficult on those two issues. but kerrys achieved something and the signs are really quite remarkable. the radio silence around these negotiations is virtually impressive. i tried to get a conference call for the wilson center last week. my friend wouldnt do it because he said he promised secretary kerry he wouldnt talk about this. nobody in israel is talking about it either. thats a testament to kerrys effort and efforts maybe -- maybe -- just the beginnings of an i...

Suspend settlement construction during the talks. they reportedly expect to build a thousand new units over the next nine months. palestinians are presidenting for a freeze and the israelis say if they wont accept a palestinian demand start from the pre1967 bored, with understanding of land swaps for larger israeli settlements. patti ann? patti ann: wendell goler live at the state department. thank you. bill: there is yet another showdown brewing over americas multitrillion dollar debt as the wh...

Give up the pre-condition to direct negotiations with the israelis, that the israelis had to stop all settlement construction on the west bank of the jordan river. many american commenttators read that as moving away from the palestinian position and moving towards the israeli position. honestly, thats not what it is. the palestinian pre-condition of stopping all settlements has simply meant no direct negotiations for several years while the israelis continue to build settlements. so, if theres ...