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Jeopardy. we have to be clear about what is happening in the west bank. the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right wing in history with the agenda driven by the most extreme elements. the result is that policies of this government which the prime minister himself just described as more committed to settlements than any in israels history are leading in the opposite direction. they are leading towards one state. >> immediately af...

True to our own values or even the stated democratic values of israel. and we cannot properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes. >> secretary kerry also said its the only way to ensure israels future as a jewish and democratic state and that friends need to tell each other hard truths. senior member of israels cabinet called kerrys speech a pathetic step. even before the secretary gave it. israels prime minister said it was bias...

World because he won the american election but, you know, thats somebody elses job description. i think donald trump is very aware this is his job description to be the most powerful man in the world so i dont think that can last a very long time and also putin needs the united states as an enemy. he has rested his popularity on mobilization against an imaginary threat from the united states if that threat is gone his reputation will be in danger. up next, secretary of state john kerry said to...

Accomplish with this speech today? >> reporter: i think a couple of things, jake. first of all, i think a dose of duff love. -- tough love. he talkss u.s. support for israel and also said that doesnt mean we agree with every policy and when we dont agree. prime minister netanyahu says he wants a two-state solution and secretary kerry, primary argument, that the expansion of settlements, why the u.s. agreed to abstain from that vote and let it pass, are hurting the chances of what he says he want...

This is typical towards the end of administrations. the last two administrations have had the presidents engaging on israeli/palestinian issues up until their final days so its a bit surprising that the president-elect is weighing in so actively. >> it really is, you know, one of the most confounding of many confounding difficulties around the world and has followed president after president after president. secretary kerry clearly going to lay out where the obama administration believes we are ...

Make it impossible of it is very cheer. i feel like there is a misdirection. dont look at the arguments on the ground. the people behind them have a cheer agenda. it is not the only obstacle to peace. if we are ever going to have a two-state solution, well to have find a way to carve out two viable states on this land. the constant effort makes it impossible, harder every day. >> the other thing, that this speech is too little too late, secretary of state john kerry said were speaking truth to o...

Negotiate peace. but i think they started to look at what was happening on the ground in israel. you have seen a real move to the right. the election of what, you know, this administration has called -- secretary kerry has called the most right-wing government in history. he talked today about the settler movement, which is the most extremist movement. and they see these settlements encroaching on what could be a palestinian state and risking the chance of the two-state solution. then they looke...

Wrong. >> you know this better than me, but ive visited israel many times, and many israelis expose the expansion of the settlements, not just because of the effects of peace, the prospects for a two-state solution, but because of the danger to israeli defense forces who are required to defend them. they dont want to send their sons and daughters to defend them. there is strong opposition to settlements along israelis. >> yes, there is. and because were a democracy. >> sure. >> and we always hav...

Dont think there is anything clear-cut about anything of these things were talking about. i got back from israel two weeks ago. i was there for a week, i saw much of my time there, ill tell you this -- >> what are they saying about the election? >> look, theyre optimistic like many people. president-elect trump has been very consistent i think in his support of israel. i think thats a good thing. theyre optimistic about that but i want to talk about the two-state solution because i think in theo...

Speech that secretary of state john kerry will give today. he was, frankly, more successful at one point than others before him in terms of getting the two sides of the table. he got the two sides of the table for two months in 2013. obviously, they did not get the outcome that the united states was hoping and there has been a lack of progress and then this. what do you think hell say, ron, in his speech today and the timing. 23 days out from the end of this administration. >> you know, the timi...