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Advisers. ill quote it in the original arabic. [ speaking foreign language ] two states for two peoples, we will never accept that. its really the two peoples part that is the differentiation here. many leaders will say, well, of course we want one state now and eventually later well have the second state as well. so all of this land will be ours. what a tragedy we cant live at peace with our neighbors because of this horrific incitement. >> david friedman, who the president-elect has tapped to ...

Blame the obama administration for crafting last weeks vote at the u.n. i want to bring in my colleagues cal perry and ahmen at the big board. lets talk about the settlements and why this is such a big deal. >> such a contentious issue, confusing and complicated. this is the west backe here. and the gaza strip here. this is the beginnings of a two-state solution if you were to have palestinian territory here and the gaza strip. this is occupied palestinian land here. this is based on the 1967 bo...

Donald trumps tweet about the u.n. today comes on the heels of his angry tweets as well about this u.n. resolution where abstained by the u.s. >> thats right. basically when it first came out, he condemned it and said theres a new sheriff in town on january 20th, things are going to be different. over the weekend he got slightly more somber and serious about it and tweeted that saying that the vote will make it much harder to negotiate peace. too bad. we will get it done anyway. i have to tell y...

Evidence they have of the obama administration is behind this u.n. security council resolution, they have not put that evidence or information forward. we pushed israeli officials here in israel and jerusalem and officials in the u.s. so far all they say is they will present it to the next administration. obamas team has taken to the air in the u.s. and here to defend their decision to abstain. here is what ben rhodes had to say. >> it is not an ambush when obama and kerry have been saying if hu...

In hundreds of conversations and in public comments that israeli settlement activity was pushing into the west bank in a way that was making the two-state solution unachievable. >> reporter: and it is a very tense atmosphere. john kerry spent the better part of a year trying s ining unsucc to get a peace deal. now hes going to lay odeliver major speech, laying out the obama administrations vision for how they see the conflict being resolved. >> elise, thank you. coming up after the break, well s...

Tactical mistake by the obama administration because were setting up big risks with not only netanyahu but also trump. what i thought might have been a better approach is if president obama and president-elect trump could have issued a joimt statement in which they might have looked for common american purpose that could have bridged january 20 and maybe we then veto the resolution but express concern about any settlements that would compromise the possibility of an ultimate two-state solution, ...

Official, ayman, theres going to be a strong rebuttal of what youve been hearing from netanyahu and from israeli officials. secretary kerry is going to speak to what he calls a disturbing trends on the grounds, eroding the chance of a two-state solution. obviously, he means settlements, the expansion of settlements, which simultaneously are going to be announced by the interior officials and home officials in jerusalem tomorrow. he will candidly, and that is a diplomatic term for very frankly an...

American policy for theast 50 years has been. we oppose the settlements on the west bank. there are two options ultimately in that part of the world. one is the two-state solution where you have two sovereign nations living side by side hopefully in peace. the one-state solution which is what the designation and what donald trump is leaning towards where you have a zionist state and the nomads, basically palestinians with nowhere to go. or they live in under the supervision and policing of the i...

U.n. vote was a last resort, after struggling for the past eight years to convince israel to halt settlement construction on occupied lands the palestinians claim for their state. >> for years, weve seen an acceleration in the growth of these settlements. frankly, if these current trends continue, the two-state solution is going to be impossible. >> reporter: officials are now worried with u.n. backing, palestinians will push for sanctions, boycotts and take israeli soldiers to the international...

Democratic congresswoman jan shakowski of illinois. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. >> you talk publically about your deep connection to the state of israel. i have to ask about fridays u.n. security council resolution, the abstention from the united states. do you support the move from the obama administration here? >> i do. its u.s. policy that we dont support the extension of settlement building in the west bank. thats because it will diminish the chances for a two-state ...