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Too much. whether its on the palestinian side, hung up on settlement construction, hung up that the palestinian leadership at the moment in gaza includes a terrorist group, hamas. the president trying to create some new climate for peace without resolving the many obstacles to peace. one of the big questions during this whole visit has been, is he shoulder to shoulder with prime minister benjamin netanyahu on iran? you can be sure, as the prime minister sees the president later today, he will be...

Earlier, mr. obama visited the west bank, meeting with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. mr. obama expressed the need for direct talks. he criticized israeli settlement activity in the west bank, but he didnt back the palestinian demand for israel to immediately halt west banks settlement construction as a prerequisite. he said the core issues are palestinian sovereignty, and israeli security. >> if we solve those two problems, the settlement problem will be solved. >> just hours be...

>> 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...

To advance the peace process. we didnt get peace. we got rockets rained down on us. we froze settlement construction on the west bank for ten months to get the palestinians back to the table. the palestinians have a lot of preconditions. it is not just settlements. we have no preconditions. we have a lot of things we ask the palestinians to do but we dont form them as preconditions. we think the only way to resolve this conflict is through direct negotiations. >> one final question. he is going ...

Ambassadors to their country to condemn this move and france and england have said there is an appetite to disapprove of israel right now. whats happening to the tense situation there? >> the israeli response of calling for a settlement construction is a response thats viewed negatively across the international community by the united states as well as in many parts of israel itself. so its a move intended to play to the base of benjamin netanyahus core constituency. it doesnt help build confide...

One a day womens 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for womens health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. >>shepard: the government of israel gave crews the okay to build thousands of controversial new homes. it is not the first time. more trouble in the decades long fight between israel and the palestinians. that is because the housing units are planned for territories including the west bank and east jerusalem. republican, last week, the united...

Think they are one of the impediments, i think its a mistake to assign rankings to the problems in the middle east. jerusalem is highly important, very emotional on both sides. i should emphasize that while i believe that the announcement of the settlement construction on e-1 is counterproductive and moves away from a resolution, so is the palestinian action going to the you united nations. what you have here are a series of actions and reactions, going back a long time. that move the parties fu...

Cheering crowds in palestine. the united nations general assembly thursday voted to accept palestine as a nonmember observer state. president abbas sees the move as a key step toward palestinian independence. only nine countries opposed the vote, including the united states and israel. friday, date after the vote, israel announced construction plans for some 3,000 new homes in israeli settlements on the west bank and in east jerusalem as well. at todays israeli cabinet meeting, prime minister be...

Take a toll on syria and the wider region, there are refugees in turkey and jordan and causing huge problems, but the violence is continuing to escalate, and right now, kelly, it doesnt appear that theres any end in sight. >> kelly: all right. connor, connor powell reporting from jerusalem about the developments in syria and were all very concerned about whats happening there. thank you, jamie? >> on the heels of that look at the middle east situation, lets get back to one of our top stories, ne...

He gave a speech last night on television. it was formatted as an interview, but it was still a speech in which he said, im sorry. i didnt mean to take all of these extra powers, but i did it for the sake of the nation. >> nbcs richard engel in tahrir square in cairo, thank you. time to look at stories topping the news now. israeli officials are saying that government has okayed settlement construction of 3,000 new west bank units. now, this news comes as palestinians are celebrating yesterday...