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Important for the region. according to a senior state department official ahead of blinkens visit, saying that that will be a primary focus of his tour here, solidifying that cease-fire as well as providing aid for gaza. in that briefing, the senior state department official was asked about the possibility that aid could end up in the hands of hamas, re-weaponizing hamas. he says the united states would work with the palestinian authority as well as the united nations to make sure that that does...

Are not a way to further your cause, garrett. >> shannon, the white house is obviously paying attention to this recent violence here and theyre looking ahead to this trip that secretary blinken is taking and you heard from andrea that they cant get everybody back at the table here. so what are they focused on? what are the realistic expectations for this trip? >> reporter: i think you used a good phrase there, realistic expectations and the white house administration is not trying to say theyre ...

Guiding systems on our rockets. if they would have succeeded, we wouldnt have been able to be surgical in our strikes against hamas military machine. so that definitely was a legitimate military target. that hamas was using so journals as a human shield shouldnt come as a surprise, but we notified the journalists in advance, and there was not a single civilian casualty from that operation. in fact, from my point of view, it was an israeli tactical success because we took out a legitimate hamas t...

Solution. it is the only answer. chris: does prime minister netanyahu still believe that a two-tate solution is the only -- two-state solution is the only answer, and if so, what is he doing to achieve that? >> i know my prime minister believes in peace very, very strongly. in the last year weve made breakthrough peace agreements with four arab cups, and we want to see more. he wants to expand the circumstance ising of peace to include palestinians as well. but let me be clear here, hamas is not...

"It is the only way to ensure Israels future as both a Jewish and Democratic state. And of course the only way to give the Palestinians the state to which they are entitled," Blinken said.

He met at the highest level through conversations with the leaders of the israel government. he was able to get the egyptians to engage hamas. he was able to move forward on a cease-fire. he was able to now set up a plan in which we can try to bring some civility to gaza. i think all of that is in our national security interests and is supported by democrats and republicans and the american people. >> senator carden said there is a path to deal with the long-term future for the palestinians to r...

An issue, it comes back to bite you on the backside. and thats what happened here. we need to show both the palestinians and the israelis that we are going to encourage them with great fervor to get back together and negotiate a two-state solution. i dont accept the idea that we can sit around and wait for ideal conditions because those are not about to show up. >> i hear you about not waiting for ideal conditions. we all know about the perfect being the enemy of the good, but things dont even l...

Like -- thats it -- theyre determined, as if like by genetics. well, environmental conditions matter a lot. and the united states is one of the biggest environmental conditions out there. so lets go and play our role. >> yeah. >> and, you know, encourage both parties to move in a peaceful direction. the trump administr made to basically turn their back on a two-state solution. we need to make clure theres no annexation, no deepeningelectio.

What the u.s. could do. president biden was unequivocal with south koreas president moon jae-in, unless theres an agreement israel has the right to exist as an independent jewish state with self determination of its own there can be no peace. were not there yet. theres not that widespread agreement on the ground. absent that, what do you want the administration and the u.s. to do? >> well, joshua, i think that theres broad agreement on the -- what is involved in a two-state solution. and we need...

Of mass expulsion of palestinians, more than 700,000. israel has continued to expel palestinians from their homes and from their homeland ever since it was created. so as you might imagine, the eviction of palestinians from homes cuts very deep for palestinians and it is critical to remember that palestinian like palestinian in gaza are not citizens of the country that controls their life. that means they are essentially powerless over the decisions that are made about them and that is why pales...