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Of state john kerry gives a major speech partly to push back against israeli claims that the u.s. engineered that u.n. vote. joining me is bill neely. 3wi bill, kindly set the stage what led up to this. what do we know about the speech? >> yeah, good morning, chris. what we do know comes from john kerrys spokesman at the state department, mark toner. he said kerry would lay out a pr comprehensive vision. he feels its his duty to lay out what he believes is a way to a peaceful two-state solution ...

Two-state solution. and both sides in this conflict must take responsibility to do that. we have repeatedly and emphatically stressed to the palestinians that all incitement to violence must stop. we have consistently condemned all violence and terrorism and we have strongly opposed unilateral efforts to delegitimize israel in international fora. we have made countless public and private exhortations to the israelis to stop the march of settlements. in literally hundreds of conversations with pr...

The prospect for a two-state solution if the stated proposals of donald trump and prime minister netanyahu and the other members of his coalition in particular, if those policies proceed, what is the possibility for a two-state solution? >> again, you know, i have learned through the years there is a distinction between comments made pregoverning and what you see and what you decide to do when you are governing. lets wait and see where it goes. im not going to rebut hypotheticals here. today we ...

Thing the ambassador said, he said john kerry didnt address hamas violence. he most certainly did and condemned it in strong terms. most of what he said was a rebuke to israel. he said he wanted to speak frankly because the two-state solution, israelis and palestinians living side by side was in serious jeopardy. john kerry cared about a two-state solution for the best part of four decades. he said it is the only way to ensure future peace. it wont ever really be at peace if it chooses a one-sta...

Advancing the process of separation now in a serious way could make a significant difference in saving the two-state solution and in building confidence in the citizens of both sides. that peace is indeed possible. and much progress can be made in advance of negotiations that can lay the foundation for negotiations, as con temperature plapted by the oslo process. in fact, these stepless help create the conditions for successful talks. now, in the end, we all understand that a final status agreem...

Peace is made. this is the area where israel and the arab world are looking for perhaps the greatest moment of potential transformation since israels creation in 1948. the arab world faces its own set of security challenges with israeli palestinian peace, israel, the united states, jordan, egypt, together with the gcc countries would be ready and willing to define a new security partnership for the region that would be absolutely groundbreaking. so, ladies and gentlemen, thats why it is vital th...

Israel. we want to protect and defend them and help them in any way we can. but a two-state solution is the only way out of the difficulty we are having now in the west bank. john kerry is right. the settlements being built make it more difficult. back in 2008 we were close to a two-state solution. the facts on the ground have changed. there are more jewish settlers in a larger portion. when you figure out what the palestinian state will look like it gets difficult. it is not in the best interes...

Been very clear with the accusations that the united states played a role in orchestrating, initiating this u.n. security council resotion that has been critical of illegal settlements. whats going to be interesting is to see whether or not the vision that john kerry articulates for a possible peace plan. because we know its going to be irrelevant in the sense it wont achieve -- it wont be achieved during president obamas term in office. it will be interesting to see if there is a moving of the ...

Settlers and complete despair among palestinians that would create very fertile ground for extremists. with all of the external threats that israel faces today, which we are very cognizant of and working with them to deal with, does it really want an intensifying conflict in the west bank? how does that help israels security? how does that help the region? the answer is, it doesnt. which is precisely why so many senior israeli military and intelligence leaders past and present believe the two-st...

>> this bottom line question, do you still believe in the two-state solution and do you believe it will happen? >> i believe if it as a desirable out come. you have 600,000 settlers and many of chum are extreme as secretary kerry noted. israel has dug a hole for themselves and as the secretary said, they are making a problem internal low for themselves. its not theus isolating them. israel is isolating itself. the u.s. is not going to get dragged along with it. if you care about israel, they hav...