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What he has done, and the nominated ambassador to israel, this is a man who has completely and utterly sort of denounced the two-state solution, and thats a clear signal, under the trump administration there will be no pursuit of a two-state solution, and anytime any sort of criticism comes up against israel in the u.n., trump will use the veto, as every american president has done at various times, including this one. >> how do you see it in terms of the -- from what you have seen form in terms...

Ambassador to the u.n. for the united states, trump tweeted again, saying things will be different after january 20th and that gave us a sense of how he was laying the ground work on the front end and then critical, although in a muted sense, after the events at the united nations. now, the obama white house says that the fact that they took this position is because the settlements that are for jewish families in the west bank are actually kind of an obstacle to a peace deal that would represent...

Where the president-elect seems to be on a working vacation of sorts. >> reporter: this is an issue you noknow well. there are knows that believe the settlements are an impediment to a two-state solution to revolve the seemingly middle east conflict in the east and this is where the obama administration and the trump transition and future administration are on different sides. typically we would not expect to see the next president weighing in, but donald trump did. he let his position be known ...

Itself, if they wont disarm, well create internal instability in that nation in order to force the government to nonproliferate, which is insane, anyone that knows pakistan knows you could collapse the government and put atomic weapons into the hands of islamic extremists. donald trump is clueless on this point, and it is dangerous for this nation. >> the u.s. veto that donald trump was urging to take place at the u.n., particularly on the resolution about settlements. hes distances himself from...

As a sign that weve given up on a two state solution. nothing could be further from the truth. none of us can give up on a two-state solution. we continue to believe that solution is the only viable path to provide peace and security for the state of israel and freedom and dignity for the palestinian people. >> that was the u.s. ambassador to the united nations j samantha power explaining why the u.s. did not veto a u.n. measure. joining me now is our msnbc contributor and a political analyst. g...

>> elise, thank you very much. tonight, israel and president-elect trump are clearly on the same page against the obama administration. lets get reaction from the white house. were joined by deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. thanks for being with us. i guess the question today, and ill ask it to you here, is this president obama getting back at prime minister netanyahu? >> absolutely not, jim. the fact of the matter is, bipartisan policy of the u.s. government for decades has been to ...

The western wall occupied palestinian territory. this again coming from an israeli official. ron? >> well, the one president at a time issue here is very pronounced. look, relations between netanyahu and democratic presidents are not good. it wasnt good under bill clinton, its not good under barack obama. part of -- a big part of that is that the u.s. view of ultimately what security in the region for israel entails is different than the netanyahu view. it is much more tilted toward believing th...

It was a train that could not be stopped. for eight years the obama administration has fretted, frustrated, paralyzed in the face of what they consider to be massive increase in settlement activity undermining the prospects far two-state solution which, i might add, is at best comatose and couldnt even be attained 13 years ago, 14 years ago when they were at camp david under the clinton administration in much more ideal conditions. so frustration was mounting. the obama administration talked tou...

Actions by the palestinians such as terrorism and incitement to violence which weve repeatedly condemned and repeatedly raised with the palestinian leadership and which, of course, must be stopped. unlike some on the u.n. security council, we do not believe that outside parties can impose a solution that has not been negotiated by the two parties. nor can we unilaterally rise a future palestinian state. but it is precisely our commitment to israels security that makes the united states believe w...

Resolution said. so the u.s. does have a significant amount of influence over what happens at the u.n. the question is, under trumps presidency what steps two see see happening on the con -- con treat level to pin issue the u.n. >> mccain says the an extension makes us come.com come miss sit. >> there seems to to be the consensus that the efforts are just extraordinarily kim indicated. part of the rae that ambassador power gave for not supporting the resolution, these settlements will make it vi...