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Is in a land by himself. the administration and donald trump is the only one not joining that argument. im not sure about the point. he picked up where benjamin netanyahu and all the government leaders left off in to john kerry. my question is about donald trump. do they want the aggressive posture on a two-state solution or the case that they have been

Ultimately enable the peace talks, peace process and two-state solution. he said, kennedy, that the two-state solution is in serious jeopardy because of seemingly endless occupation and settlement expansion into east jerusalem and the west bank. that was the focus of the bulk of his speech. he defended the vote friday, saying it was about a preserving a two-state solution and it was drafted by egypt. while the u.s. said it wouldnt block it if it was a balanced resolution, he rejected claims that...

Violation of international law. a very long speech at the state department wrapping up a short while ago, secretary kerry said the u.n. vote was quote, in accordance with american values and the two-state solution is only way to achieve a secure israel. >> we can not properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed by our own eyes. and thats the bottom line. the vote in the united nations was about preserving the two-state solution. thats what we were st...

Former ambassador to the united states. former chief and foreign policy adviser to the late prime minister ariel sharon. thank you for sitting with us during that speech. >> my pleasure. >> your reaction to secretary kerry? >> well, i think it was very idealistic, detached from reality. not very realistic. it failed to mention it was the palestinian consistent refusal that did not allow the two-state solution. he mentioned resolution 181 from 1947, which israel accepted and they did not. but als...

Relations, but to work openly on securing that peace with significant regional security cooperation. its waiting. its right there. many have shown a willingness to support serious israeli/palestinian negotiations, and to take steps on the path to normalization to relations. including public meetings, providing there is a meaningful progress towards a two-state solution. my friends, that is a real opportunity that we should not allow to be missed. that raises one final question -- is ours the gen...

Process, not toward it. whats the point of all that, if barack obamas leaving office and it is clear that the incoming president-elect will have a decisively different posture toward israel, why -- >> it sounds like you have a working theory here. >> what do you mean? >> it sounds like you have an idea why the president might do that. why do you think the president would do something like that? its unclear. it doesnt seem constructive. i think george mitchell was right. you may disagree with the...

Among palestinians that would create very fertile ground for extremists. with all 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-state solution is the only real answe...

Bank. heres a map of the occupations. the west bank on the right hand side, and then if we can show the next graph how the number of settlers in those occupied territories have grown during the netanyahu administration. let me ask you this in the simplest terms, why is that necessary? >> look, understand, we have a dispute with the palestinians -- >> i understand -- >> heres the graph i want -- >> internationally, the west bank is not disputed. outside the 67 boarders -- >> it is disputed. >> ju...

When we se the hope of peace slipping away. >> lets bring in former cia director james woolsey, also a senior adviser to the trump campaign. whats your general reaction to the speech we heard? >> i think the main point is that theres an elephant in the living room that particularly i think the palestinians and those who support their position wont notice, refuse to notice, which is that they have to stop killing israelis and jews, or theres not going to be a one-state or two-state solution or an...

Policy as secretary of state this morning. hes expected to address the political turmoil between the u.s. and israel over last weeks united nations vote condemning new israeli settlements. the speech comes as officials in jerusalem announce this morning they have canceled plans to vote on approving permits for the construction of nearly 500 homes where israelis in the eastern part of the city. ahead of that decision, the citys deputy mayor said israel was unfazed by the u.n. phone and that offic...