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Agenda coming from the most extreme elements. thats a pretty blunt message. >> look, as aaron said, very long speech. but the core summed up pretty i think concisely which is, when he said that while prime minister netanyahu publicly supports a two-state solution, that word "publicly" underlined, his government is pursuing settlement policy that infect render it impractical and effectively extinguishing it. that choice, kerry argued in the long run will leave israel less secure at home and more ...

Rightful capital and theres what they call an end to the conflict which means all arab states if there was a peace deal would recognize israel and what secretary kerry argued in his speech is that even though israel has been improving relations with arab states such as those in the gulf such as saudi arabia, qatar, the united arab emirates because of threats posed by iran, he said israel will never have peace with its neighbors if it doesnt make peace with the palestinians and his larger argumen...

Think the trump forces will overreact in order to prove how pro-israeli they are, move immediately to move the capital and recognize jerusalem as the capital. that would really, as you well know, cause explosions all across the middle east. >> peter, youve been extremely critical of israels settlement policy. how do you view this? do you think there is any value in calling out israel on a public stage for an issue that, frankly, republican and democratic administrations have criticized? a policy...

Democratic congresswoman jan shakowski of illinois. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. >> you talk publically about your deep connection to the state of israel. i have to ask about fridays u.n. security council resolution, the abstention from the united states. do you support the move from the obama administration here? >> i do. its u.s. policy that we dont support the extension of settlement building in the west bank. thats because it will diminish the chances for a two-state ...

>> we didnt know what was going on. >> the mall was placed on lockdown for a while. scenes like this lit up social media. theres no word on what might have sparked this trend. >> tensions are growing between united states and israel after vote condemning the jewish state with settlement and declaring settlement and continuing building illegal. israel insisting that the u.s. government was behind the resolution and the white house has been denying that. embassador john bolton said this, quote, la...

For exactly the reasons that professor dershowitz said. this makes illegal much of the israeli negotiating position. but jim, the other thing it does is, its -- its part of a pattern with egypt, saudi arabia, turkey, the syrian resistance, to some degree the people fighting isis in iraq and this administration abandoning or not supporting our allies. we have been walking away from them all across the middle east. >> let me ask you a question, and im aware of that criticism. i talk to people in t...

Trying to do is not simply a parting shot to netanyahu. i think they are worried, the administration, about the direction in which the president-elect is heading, and that it might actually be more danger for israel if its open settlement policy. so i think were going to see more of the same from the president-elect. and ill see what the administration does in the final few weeks. >> mm-hmm. sure, and david, what about the u.s. relationship with the united nations security council? i mean we hea...

That is true. i think it will continue to be. and i think the question right now, on the table, is the impact of settlements, and what happens with settlement policy, because i think overall, the relationship remains constructive. >> all right. david rohde, larry sabato, julianne zelizer. thanks for coming in. appreciate your perspective. still to come, donald trump says his foupdation will close its doors, putting an end to questions over conflict of interest. but the new york state attorney ge...

And also to the settlement policy. president obama has long held that the settlements were an impediment to peace. you remember secretary of state john kerry trying to get a peace deal between israelis and palestinians, spent many months doing that and the settlements were issues that held up. for sam power, ambassador power, to say the u.s. wasnt supporting the resolution by abstaining i think -- look, by allowing the resolution to go through its very significant and a rare -- not unprecedented...

Calling for israel to stop building settlements in the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem. it was delayed by the egyptians who sponsored the resolution in the first place. both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president-elect donald trump publicly denounced the measure. lets go to elise labott, our cnn global affairs correspondent, and cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller. thank you both so much for being with me. elise labott, with with egypt -- and i...