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Had to say. >> he defended the obama administration, in particular the concern that the obama administration has raised concerns about his reals settlement policies, the effect it could have on peace talks and two state solution and also added this. >> when we see rhetoric that suggested this is the most pro-settlement israeli government in history and we see the facts on the ground deep into the west bank beyond the separation barrier, we feel compelled to speak against those actions. >> so far...

Administration had done? >> its a parting shot out the door, president obama, whom i voted for twice decided he was going to do this and i think he would have been better off vetoing the resolution and say to the u.n., lets get serious here and lets try to not put blame on one party, particularly, the party thats a democracy. you have all of these countries in the u.n., some on the security council, give me a break, that is the worst country when it comes to human rights. theyre going to pass ju...

Settlements are illegal as this policy does. it makes things very difficult going forward. we have gotten 25 years of concessions from israel on the condition that we would never allow something like this to happen. this is a major mistake by the obama administration. >> what are the practical affects of this? >> they might be not as bad for israel as people think. because the trump administration has a completely different idea about what to do going forward. donald trump has nominated an ambas...

Netanyahu is just responding by saying hes not going to be involved in, for instance, international conference in the two state solution with the palestinians. of course, this is pushing netanyahu away from having this negotiation with the palestinians. but i think this was a negative move by the obama administration and i think thank god for donald trump who is coming in and saying things will be different and reverse -- be a really true friend and allow for this bilateral allowance to strength...

Is trying to set things up with ambassador friedman, taking a kind of stance that some have interpreted not being friendly to a two-party, two state solution. i sigh donald trump as the ultra-realist. that is been laos in this discussion, that netanyahu may be setting expectations way, way too high and congress may come out as a balancer against trump, but also a balancer against netanyahu in ways that havent been much discussed in the last two days. >> steve clemmons, always great to get your i...

That is willing to have a, in essence, a deep freeze on any possibility of a serious peace negotiation around a two state solution and views the continued settlement building in effect as an effort to create facts on the ground that would preclude that. what is interesting as you may know is that the incoming defense secretary-general mattis has basically said the same thing. he said the same thing to wolf blitzer at aspen. and so you know, this is not a view unique to barack obama. there are ma...

Bank that includes 22 palestinian villages and drew a line that said, this is jerusalem and the building not only of settlements but jewish only roads for travelers to travel back to israel made it impossible to envision a two state solution where it would be and how it would be economically and politically viable. thats the problem the u.s. was standing up for at the u.n. but frankly, what i look at this resolution as saying, the settlements are illegal. you cannot do it. it reaffirms an americ...

Legalize, quote unquote, the outposts that were built illegally and a whole range of other policies and trump pursues his policies, cut money to the united nations. this could be a calamitous four year administration. >> the representative calls the vote a victory. samantha power was saying and im going to read a bit of her quote. some may cast a sign that may have given up on a two state solution and nothing could be further from the truth, pivoting to the future with this new president. do you...

Sit down and hammer out a two state solution. >> i want to talk about the sitting down in the future, because it is going to be a different world pretty soon. but i want to put up a tweet from ted cruz, certainly not somebody you generally agree with on most issues, but he said that he spoke with prime minister netanyahu tonight to wish him happy hanukkah and to assure him of strong support in congress, no u.s. money for u.n. will you as a leading democrat on foreign affairs go along with republ...

Very on the right side of the equation. meaning, hard right. >> and ron, we know, that the potential nominee or the nominee in waiting for the next ambassadorship to israel is not a fan of the two state solution, calling it a narrative and a narrative that has to end. how does this, i guess, play up or serve up his term in -- will it be tel aviv or jerusalem? >> as i said, you know, i think under barack obama and bill clinton swewe saw a u.s. governt that didnt accept the same definition of how ...