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To inflated expectations not to the secretarys part but people want to see this but the kerry effort came to naught, the reality is you could have a two state solution but you need an american president, an israeli prime minister and a palestinian leader that literally have the capacity and the intention to pay the price, and right dplounow you dont have that. >> whats paying the price? what do they all have to have in common? >> paying the price means coming to terms with the four or five issue...

Jewish. and it will not be democratic if they want to impose on us a system that didnt work in south africa, an apartheid system. it wont work in our region. therefore, i think we have a collective responsibility, all of us in the international community, including the united states of america is to legislate in the security council the parameters on the two state solution to defend that plan and if prime minister netanyahu is genuinely committed and reversed his position again to a two state so...

Solution. they were like no, you said it. he had a great interview yesterday on npr, one of the things he said there, when you boil it down was it was just politics. sometimes you say things to get people to the polls. when you boil down what he said. so you have to wonder how much that this relationship between the two leaders is fraying. the larger issue. >> you know i dont think so. you know i think for both of them -- while they may individually not be favorable to each other, they do recogn...

All prearranged. this was a preplanned trip. still, it is raising some eyebrows, one, because the announcement comes just two days after prime minister surprising unexpected, some are even calling it dramatic victory against his labor party rival here in israel and just a day after the -- its being described as a very tense and difficult phone conversation with president obama. who while congratulating prime minister netanyahu on his victory also said that the u.s. would have to quote, unquote r...

Two-state solution. in israel were those words dealt with by surprise or confirmation of previously held beliefs? >> reporter: i think in israel israelis and palestinians both sides are absolutely not delusional about a situation. the good thing for the americans and for the i want national public opinion, the mosques are up all of the mosques dropped off and its clear. its not what bebe is saying its what he has been doing for the last i would say 20 years in politics. and what he has been doin...

States. remember she has to appeal to democrats. she will have to appeal to independents. within the democratic camp there is a lot of upset with the way mr. netanyahu has handled this. there is a lot of anger that he himself is the one who is pushing this rift between the united states and american jews. so, it will be a fine line but im not sure it will be that difficult, necessarily. well have to say how she handles it. theres always the potential for mistakes. there is no doubt she will stan...

Points such as when sanctions against iran will be lifted. several negotiators say theyve made good progress. u.s. house speaker jane boehner plans to visit israel. he was boehner who invited netanyahu to deliver a speech to a joint meeting of u.s. congress earlier this month. just this week netanyahu won reelection. during his campaign he said there will be no two state solution in the middle east. netanyahus statement led president obama to warn he might reassess u.s. relationship with israe...

Kevin cork has the story from the white house. >> a day later the white house is not backing down. the administration continues to reject the notion that benjamin netanyahu is in fact interested in a state solution for israelis and palestinians despite a campaign statement to the contrary. >> the point is that even the divergent comments of the prime minister call into question his commitment to this policy principle. >> reporter: during the heat of the israeli campaign that netanyahu said there...

Know what? well reassess our situation you because you talked about you know there cant be any two state solution between you and palestine. we dont like that. if that were to go through at the united nations what that means israel has to give up the west bank. west bank filled with palestinians reallies are fearful they would start shooting rockets at them. charles krauthammer was on last night and said no government in israel would ever hand over the west bank if thats what the president wants...

Government, including president george w. bush. >> reporter: thats right. here at the white house they say it remains their position but for now it doesnt matter how many times israeli prime minister netanyahu says he still wants a two state solution with the palestinians the white house is refusing to take him at his word. if theres one thing president obamas phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu showed its that a single conversation wont repair a damaged relationship. netan...