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Chastising the netanyahu administration calling his coalition the most right-wing in israel whistle an agenda driven by its extreme elements and the settlement policy is jeopardizing any possibility for a two state solution where israel lives in peace next to an independent palestinian state. >> it is not in u.s. interest to help anyone on either side create a unitary state and we may not be able to stop them, but we cannot be expected to defend them. if the choice is one state, israel can eithe...

Legitimate security needs. and we have called for significantly easing the movement and access restrictions to and f)m gaza with due consideration for israels need to protect its citizens from terrorist attacks. so let me stress here again. none of the steps that i just talked about would negatively impact israels security. let me also emphasize, this is not about offering limited economic measures that perpetuate the status quo. were talking about significant steps that would signal"r1 progres...

Decades-long problems at the united nations. the unitedded nations has become a place where authoritarians go to be excused. where atrocities are often ignored. where you have united nations doing business with people like saddam hussein and oil-for-food program, giving sus ten nance to a regime that was struggling with its own finances. the united nations with many respects become more trouble than its worth for the united states. eric: there certainly has been a failing of the international or...

Neighborhoods. the red line cal is drawing, thats essentially the separation barrier israel has built around east jerusalem. israelis say theyre building this separation barrier, security wall, to protect them from incoming suicide bombers or terrorist attacks into israel proper. palestinians say this results to nothing but a land grab for the state of israel taking it away from palestinian land. >> this is just east jerusalem. everything in dark red are settlements. bethlehem to the south of je...

Europe and elsewhere, and clearly they were right. not merely europe. yemen and jordan have both experienced terrorist attacks in the last week. obviously the west has to be on alert. the german situation raises the questions of if, in fact, some of these western societies are adequately sensitive to the nature of the attack. >> well, and i think that in germany in particular, jason, you have a couple of problems. when is the migration issue. angela merkel, the chancellor brought in a million re...

Is he right when he says that policy changes initiated by this administration have allowed terrorist attacks that might have been stopped under earlier policies? >> i dont think hes right about the domestic scene. our domestic intelligence and law enforcement agencies have really done an amazingly good job, if you think about it. we havent seen another 9/11-level plot or anything approaching it really. and inevitably, some terrorists will get through. now, obama could have done a better job, but...

Is misguided and the idea because we have generals in cabinet positions well start instigating wars where were at now -- >> we only have 30 seconds left but i want to get to the point youve been involve in a transition. can you tell me one of the biggest challenges as you make that move, make that transition? >> i think the biggest challenge for any new administration working through the last one is managing the first one to three months of the new administration because things are so chaotic an...

Europe and elsewhere, and clearly they were right. not merely europe. yemen and jordan have both experienced terrorist attacks in the last week. obviously the west has to be on alert. the german situation raises the questions of if, in fact, some of these western societies are adequately sensitive to the nature of the attack. >> well, and i think that in germany in particular, jason, you have a couple of problems. when is the migration issue. angela merkel, the chancellor brought in a million re...

Happens. its important for the intelligence community to be able to look at this stuff and if theres a target. the big question has always been youre watching someone in yemen and they call someone in new jersey. now its become a big both legal and cultural issue. in many cases the cia doesnt want to hand it to the fbi. they dont want a burn a source. this is going to be one of the biggest problems for the u.s. as to how we bridge the gap. how do we rectify privacy and stopping terrorist attacks...

Getting yom kippur recognized as a u.n. holiday to pressing this council to break its indefensible silence in response to terrorist attacks on israelis. as the united states said it not only hurts israel but undermines the ledgitimacy of the united nations itself. the practice of treating israel differently matters for votes like this one for even if one believes the resolution proposed today is justified or more necessitated by events on the ground, one cannot completely separate the vote from ...