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Region. the behavior that is known as settlements, both legal and illegal, if you will, under israeli laws, is the result of not settling this issue, not dividing up the land into a two-state solution. something that president bill clinton worked very hard on and almost achieved, and then we have had a hiatus of 16 years now. so, no matter what happens in the u.n., the secretary of state and his team are going to have to work on reestablishing the kind of comprehensive peace agreement that allow...

2008 and he said to the israelis, you have a state, a very successful state. you dont have security for your people. the way to get it is for the palestinians to get a state. and he said to the palestinians, you dont have a state. you want one. the way to get that is to see that the people of israel have reasonable and sustainable security. that remains the basis of and the objective american policy as i said through 50 years and eight presidents, republicans and democrats, although its evolved ...

Maybe he is not committed to the two-state solution. since david friedman has been so vocal about being a critic of it. >> again i think as this process goes on, david friedman speaks out, he has his confirmation hearing i think youre going to find what i believe, even though i disagree on the question of the two-state solution that he really wants to be part of bringing peace between israelis and palestinians. and i think part of whats in his mind, and president-elect trump is that they dont wa...

Some of the things donald trump has said about being neutral. >> i dont think it seems to violate it. it does violate it. hes intervening in an ongoing policy dispute in real time. now, theres no law against it, but it is certainly a departure from the traditions. but even more significant than that is the change in policy that it portends. this isnt just democratic presidents. certainly going back to george herbert walker bush, the idea behind american foreign policy has been the negotiation of...

Because the u.s. position has been -- and youre absolutely correct, of course, president obama has been reluctant to go against israel at the u.n. and im told in frustration and perhaps because his term is just about up, only less than a month left, was prepared to do so at least by abstaining if this did come to a vote. but in terms of the settlements, the argument from the obama administration would be that these continued settlements, which are now dotting what was to be palestinian territory...

Negotiations, but what if the two-state solution is no longer viable given the incoming administration and the direction of israeli politics? as well as -- i should say as well as palestinian dysfunction. >> the fundamental purpose of our book is to try to gain support for a two-state solution. its been much criticized and rightly so because after decades of effort it still has not been achieved. as a result many are saying, well, we have to do something else like a one-state solution or perpetu...

Certainly does that. also his nomination of david friedman. david friedman his bankruptcy attorney, no diplomatic experience who with the father-in-law ivanka trump, charles kushner, created this foundation supporting the most radical of the settlers. donald trump contributed $10,000 to that foundation. its clear that everything he said that the president-elect plans to change that policy and his nominee is a strong supporter of settlements who called -- who name called j street american moderat...

Attack. the interior minister said additional leads directed them to 24-year-old tunisian man who is the attacker and confirmed they were fingerprints in the driver cabin of the truck. overnight raids tied to the international manhunt are taking place. president-elect donald trump taking to social media this morning to oppose a resolution being considered by the u.n. secretary council this afternoon. the resolution calls for a stop to israeli settlement activity. posting the measures should ...

But i believe, and many others, a bipartisan range of senators, believe a two-state solution is the only way to preserve the jewish character of israel and the democratic character of israel. im concerned that the gentleman nominated by president-elect trump may not share that commitment to a two-state solution and his position on moving the embassy in advance of any negotiated resolution between the israelis and palestinians, may suggest that hes not fully committed to a two-state solution. >> ...

Me is israeli ambassador to the united nations, denny, thank you for being with us. you specialize in diplomacy. you go to the u.n., a place where israel doesnt have a lot of friends, and your job is to develop contacts and establish some leadership. this is not, friedmans words are not the most diplomatic. so from one diplomat to another, how do you handle this delicate situation? maybe friedman believes that the capital should be in jerusalem, maybe he doesnt believe in a two-state solution. b...