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>> this wasnt about dumping anything -- >> you must be aware of the calendar, right? >> its about doing what we felt is the right thing to try to see a viable two-state solution move forward. we continue to believe and prime minister netanyahu believes it. we believe the settlement activity -- not just that but the terrorism, all that, none of that is constructive to getting us to the solution. so its because we believe in that solution, its because israel -- >> is this -- the pecking order is o...

Territory. they turned it into another afghanistan. they used it as a launch pad to shoot thousands of rockets on tel aviv and israel. so there is already a two-state solution. we dont need another palestinian state that would create havoc in israel. >> what is that two-state solution? youve called for the annexing of the west bank. will israel take that responsibility and wouldnt that insight the arab world especially the arab street. >> were not annexing anything. it was our land granted to us...

Or does this, in large part, lay the groundwork for the incoming president? >> having written speeches for republican and democratic secretary of states on this issue, there is a logic in giving a speech. whether or not this was designed to tie the hands of the incoming administration, i doubt that. doubt it will succeed. whether it was a parting shot based on resentment and anger over the fact that the prime minister wasnt getting the memo on settlements. i think by and large, it was an effort ...

Have a real presidency, whether or not realities, including the appointment of jim mattis, secretary of defense, rex tillerson, secretary of state, these men are more steeped in real politics. certainly, they know the realities within the arab world and i think mr. mattis knows israel, at least from a security point of view. i suspect there may be sobering of the president-elects views when it comes to giving the israelis a greener or even yellow light. at the same time, i think it is fair to sa...

Run through the tape and work until the end of his administration to get things done. in the last couple of weeks youve seen him announce the plans to transfer more detainees from guantanamo bay prison in cuba. banning offshore drilling in parts of the atlantic and arctic. granting clemency to another 200 people and also on the foreign policy front having secretary of state john kerry come out and lay down the administration views on the israeli/palestinian conflict and the talk of the need to c...

The gaps on the core issues and the mistrust. like rock and roll, the peace process may never die but it doesnt mean the two-state solution may survive. i think were setting the stage for its demise. >> aaron david miller, thank you so much. good to see you. >> always a pleasure, fred. president barack obama trying to hold on to, among other things, obamacare. hes heading to capitol hill to meet with democrats this week. will they come up with a plan to stop republican efforts to dismantle his...

They are repetitive and now saying hell meet with them to be updated on facts. there are only two people right now who could push back against the intelligence community and say open up the documents, show me everything you got. if youre skeptical between donald trump and barack obama the only two people who could do that right now and passing up that opportunity seems strange. >> and one of the things we also saw this week in terms of the contrast between this administration and the incoming ad...

Now, there are a lot of people who say the timing of of it was very interesting. these sanctions against israel that passed, i believe, 14-0 or unanimously, the u.s. did not block that sanction, that resolution. your thoughts on whether that will help peace in the region or create more strife in the region. >> or be destructive? >> it is significant that the security council has taken a resolution, saying that settlement is illegal. the international court of justice has also made it clear that ...

Now, there are a lot of people who say the timing of of it was very interesting. these sanctions against israel that passed, i believe, 14-0 or unanimously, the u.s. did not block that sanction, that resolution. your thoughts on whether that will help peace in the region or create more strife in the region. >> or be destructive? >> it is significant that the security council has taken a resolution, saying that settlement is illegal. the international court of justice has also made it clear that ...

And we do not believe to attack the composition of a democratically elected government of an ally. we are surprised by the uk prime ministers statement given that secretary kerrys remark which is covered a full range of threat to a two-state solution including violence incitement and settlements. what the state department is saying there, hang on, where does this come from. we havent said anything that you guys yourselves havent said before. and in fact long believed in as longstanding policy. t...