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Acquiescence of reagan and carter and others and, of course, as you mentioned, youve got the largest military aid package by far that israel has ever received, negotiated by the obama administration. >> do you approve of the administrations decision to abstain in that vote? >> i think thats a mistake. >> hold on. you essentially said that it reiterated the policy. so if thats the case, why is abstention a mistake? >> for many years, mostly obama year, weve prevented the u.n. from passing unbalan...

>> the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution. but his current coalition is the most right wing in israeli history with an agenda-driven by the most extreme elements. >> pushing back following washingtons decisions not to veto the united nations vote condemning israeli settlements in jerusalem and the west bank. >> no american administration has done more for israels security than barack obamas. >> reporter: kerry vehemently defended the u.s. abstention saying the very pro...

Learning moment for u.s. audiences to check out a map. if you cant make it to the region -- and many people cant because israel denies entry to those who are interested in human rights specifically -- this is a great moment to show a map and let people decide for themselves. the occupied territories are 22% of mandatory palestine. israel has never declared its borders and has expanded them. the settlements that were talking about arent on the perimeter of the west bank to expand israels defensib...

Let alone in hebrew and english in israel. you had two discrete audiences. the prime minister speaking to next president of the united states and john kerry i dont think speaking to the israelis. i think trying to figure a way. he knows whats coming. he knows the two-state solution may be dead but it is not quite dead and buried. and they need to create a flame of reference to basically make it unmistakably clear to the world that they believe rightly or wrongly they have identified the problem....

Nothing for the peace in israel. its one-sided. >> im not sure about that. the obama administration has put a lot into this. kerry has put a lot of bloorksd sweat, and tears. he failed. its not fair to say they didnt try. >> some of those deals were good deals and they rejektsed them every time and it starts with the palestinians have to recognize israel is a jewish state and it has a right to exist. theyve never done that. >> its worth pausing on what rick said a minute ago. this sentiment that...

John kerrys big speech today. staying two-state solution is in big jeopardy. that no administration has done more than president obama. plus, punishing putin. the u.s. getting ready to retaliate for meddling in the election. if the u.s. introduces new sanctions, there will be a response. and harry reid says the potential candidates in 2020 look like an old folks home. well take a look at the rising stars that could eemergency to lead to party. and finally, the "hardball" roundtable would be he...

And i can quote palestinian ministers saying precisely that, as well, and i can, you know, tick down the list from nabil schaaf who said we will never accept two states for two people to president abbas who said we will never accept a jewish state, on and on down the list. >> your response to that. what is the palestinian commitment to a two-state solution at this point in staple? >> i think instead of dealing with deception lets look at the facts. we have recognized the state of israel in 1993 ...

Solution. i think that secretary kerrys concern about the future of two-state solution is being shared by many. i think where hes wrong and where he did not resonate with the israeli people is his contention that the main reason we failed is lack of trust and not guts within the parties, no major guts. as someone whos participated in israeli/palestinian negotiations for over two decades, id say there are major guts. and what he said ignored the history of two decades of negotiations. and thats w...

Winds wins are more committed to that notion than they have been in decades. >> your reason for the speech this morning as a cathartic outlet is the best reason for the speech. >> as an explanation. >> yes. >> john kerry says, in fact, in april of 2015, he said, weve got about a year window, year and a half window, and after that, the two-state solution is gone. were about there right now. he said because of these settlements, we cant have a two-state solution unless the settlements are pulled b...

Extremely hostile to the two state solution. he himself in 2014 said israel should never withdraw troops from the west bank. and the trump administration you have an israeli ambassador to israel whos also hostile to the two-state solution. so that is the macro question here. the question is do you believe a two state solution is in israel and americas interest or not? and i bam on one side and netanyahu and trump on the other. >> errol, on a number of these issues with this resolution on israel ...