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Theres been little to no movement on this. one has to remember at the beginning of the administration, netanyahu was sworn in six weeks after president obama was sworn in. they have been hat this for years and years and years. the settlement problem has quadrupled in that period of time. where does he go from here? what role does donald trump play? >> prime minister netanyahu is engaged in a bit of stagecraft, trying to both punctuate the importance of donald trump who many in his cabinet see as...

Actions by the palestinians such as terrorism and incitement to violence which weve repeatedly condemned and repeatedly raised with the palestinian leadership and which, of course, must be stopped. unlike some on the u.n. security council, we do not believe that outside parties can impose a solution that has not been negotiated by the two parties. nor can we unilaterally rise a future palestinian state. but it is precisely our commitment to israels security that makes the united states believe w...

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...

Palestine that is sovereign and provides palestinian people dignity? and how do you provide israel confidence about its security? which are the core issues. the core issue right now, how do we get sovereignty for the palestinian people and how do we get security for the israeli people? thats the essence of this negotiation and thats not to say settlements are not important. it is to say that if we solve those two problems, the settlement problem will be solved. i dont want to put the cart before...

>> the core issue right now is how do we get sovereignty for the palestinian people and how do we assure security for the israeli people? that is the essence of this negotiation. that is not to say that settlements are not important. it is to say if we solve those two problems, settlement problem will be solved. i dont want to put the cart before the horse. >> president obama meeting with the palestinians today. he has talked about iran. he talked about peace in israel. and today, dealt with the...

>> earlier in the west bank, president obama met with the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas. only hours after a stark reminder of the regions dangers as militants in gaza fired several rockets into southern israel. in ramallah today, the president also reversed course, no longer demanding that israel freeze settlements before peace talks resume on borders and israeli security. >> and thats not to say settlements are not important, it is to say that if we solve those two problems, the settleme...

This relationship to continue in a way -- we wont be able to fully extract ourselves from pakistan because its a nuclear armed nation on one of the most dangerous fault lines in the world with india. but theres a limit to the robustness of the relationship, and i think thats what were going through right now. >> for americans who think of the israeli-palestinian situation mostly metaphor for unsolvable, term things -- >> a big ulcer. >> yeah. can you explain sort of the base level importance of ...

This relationship to continue in a way -- we wont be able to fully extract ourselves from pakistan because its a nuclear armed nation on one of the most dangerous fault lines in the world with india. but theres a limit to the robustness of the relationship, and i think thats what were going through right now. >> for americans who think of the israeli-palestinian situation mostly metaphor for unsolvable, term things -- >> a big ulcer. >> yeah. can you explain sort of the base level importance of ...

Approach is a back door to solving both the settlement problem that has the palestinians upset, but it also helps solve the hamas problem and the other islamist problem, because you want to set up a security issue. it doesnt solve the problem. it sets a framework that weve seen david mckoskie, has been a chief advocate for what president obama put on the table today. and even though weve seen many republican candidates come out and blast president obama for this, and some jewish leaders, the ame...

Done over the course of the last eight years for obviously good reasons, this is like a last-minute fire being burned. its a lot better when youre setting up the next president-elect for success and also standing strong with our nations greatest allies and israel is a beacon of freedom and liberty in a very dark region of the world. we should be standing shoulder to shoulder with them and not helping the palestinian efforts to ethnically cleanse east jerusalem. >> let me play for you a little bi...