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Turkey and russia to monitor it and to enforce it. the u.s. hasnt played any role in that. is the united states going to be an observer or have a more active role. at least if the last several weeks are any indication, it may simply be in an observer role. that will be up fot president-elect donald trump to desite what role the united states wants to have in syria moving forward. >> invited three days after inauguration. it is a game of geopolitical chess. it will be interesting to see whether t...

U.s. embassy to jerusalem, what is your interpretation? >> i think its an alert is being given by all these countries to the new american administration, that theres an international, a large international consensus on the two-state solution being the only viable path forward, that israel itself desires a democratic jewish state, this is one of the most detractable problems in the middle east, but its also a cause of continuing instability and the future of the palestinian state and israel depen...

Leaders to commit to a two-state solution. the racilies and palestinians they will not be attending that conference. the u.s. is represented but not by the incoming administration of donald trump. cnns warren lieberman joins us live in jerusalem. the trump administration will not be there. israelis and palestinians will not be there. what, if anything, can truly come from this meeting. >> many other countries get together and talk about different ways to solve different solutions and deal with t...

After last months u.n. resolution that condemned israeli settlements. centicountrys, including ones from key european and arab nations, reaffirmed their positions that the only way to bring about peace in the holy land was a negotiated, two-state solution. the paris conference was led by french president francois hollande who said that the two-state solution is under serious threat. [speaking french] >> translator: its threatened, he said, in the field by increasing israeli settlements and threa...

Prevent the movement of the people in an illegal fashion? we want people to come legally. this is the history of the country is that people came here legally. >> wimr. tillerson thank you. i encourage people to fly north to south not just east and west, and other parts of the world have a claim in our attention, but there are some real opportunities. i assume you support the u.s. position thats been in place since the 1940s to do what we can to provide a two-state solution with israel and palest...

Prohibit or prevent negotiating those status of that particular land according to the land for peace provisions and requirements of u.n. resolution 242 and 338. if you create facts on the ground, theres nothing really then left to discuss about trading land for peace. i dont think theres anything unusual about this. i think that a two-state solution is the only real solution to the arab, israeli palestinian problem. if its a one-state solution, i dont see how israel can maintain democratic chara...

They tend to create facts on the ground which make it hard to negotiate for that piece of land according to resolutions 242 and 338. if you create facts on the ground there is nothing really left to discuss about trading land for peace. and so i dont think there is anything unusual about this. i think that a two-state solution is the only real solution to the arab -- to the israeli/palestinian problem. without a two-state solution, if its just a one-state solution, i dont see how israel can main...

Whether to deny them full voting rights and so forth. as a matter of fact it was former prime minister barack of israel who said israel needs to make the tough decisions if it wants to avoid becoming an apartheid state. so thats why i think it was appropriate in this instance for the united states to abstain. if we are talking about abandoning the two-state solution and leaving it, thats going to create serious problems for the united states. not just with respect to the arab/israeli dispute, bu...

So forth. it was former prime minister of israel who said israel needs to make the tough decisions if it wants to avoid becoming an apartheid state. thats why i think its appropriate in this instance for the united states to abstain. if were talking about abandoning the two-state solution and leaving it, thats kind of creates serious problems for the united states. not just respect to the arab israeli dispute, its going to great problems for us more generally in the region. let me say one final ...

Hope is that they will have had time now to digest the full text of my speech and understand that i was defending a british position, which is support for the two-state solution, and that i was defending a long held belief by britain, by europe, by all our allies and friends, and particularly by republican and democrat administrations alike that settlements are an obstacle to peace. now thats our position. it was the position of ronald reagan, the position going back through all history, the pos...