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>> bibi has to govern. he has to clean up the mess from the election which happens all the time and now hes got to -- >> he acknowledged the palestinian right to a country? >> i have no idea. >> do you think he should? >> it doesnt work in his favor unless they get a two-state solution. >> should the arabs have their own country over there? >> i think the demographics dont work unless theres a two-state solution. ill put it that way. >> even if he acknowledges that its a hard compromise involvin...

The sand when it came to budget battles. i asked him if he would sign a bill in october that did not eliminate of sequestration. we could be heading to another shutdown. it got lost in the iran stuff. but it remains a budget battle over this summer. >> i want to show a piece of what the president did say to you about the situation that developed with netanyahu and the situation with israel. lets listen to this. >> we take him at his word when he said that it wouldnt happen during his prime minis...

Reasons. they want to manufacture a crisis. they want this statement from the prime minister, which actually if you read it carefully says exactly what the prime minister said it said. a solution is not available today. >> we cant reach a two-state solution because the palestinian leadership has aligned itself with a terrorist group that wants to destroy israel. so its tough to have a negotiation. >> thats precisely right. hamas and fattah reached an agreement last -- about a year ago, which mak...

>> in the aftermath of netanyahus recent election victory the chance of a two-state solution appears even slimmer, of course given his reversal on the issue, on the eve of israels elections last week. remember, three months after he first took office as his countrys prime minister in 2009 netanyahu shared his vision for a two-state solution. since then his actions have not matched his rhetoric as settlement construction has continued. >> john heilemann, baker, come on. >> well -- >> well what? w...

Criticized what he called israels occupation of palestinian lands saying that occupation, quote, must end. joining me now is david corn and professor at the harvard kennedy school ambassador nicholas burns. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> what do you make of the presidents comments today both on his relationship with netanyahu and on differences over the two-state solution? >> well its an extraordinary time. i dont think any of us remember a time in the last 40 or 50 years when the is...

Obtaining a nuclear weapon its going to be there for everybody to see. >> president clearly making a case for an emerging agreement. lets see if it happens. theyve got another week or ten days or so. elise, i want you to stand by. peter bergen our national security analyst, is also joining us. first of all, let me get your reaction to what we just heard from the president, peter, on the u.s.-israeli relationship and the aftermath of this "wall street journal" report and in the aftermath of what ...

Listen. >> after the election the prime minister said he had not changed his position. but for many in israel and the international community such comments call into question his commitment to a two-state solution and his claim that conditions in the larger middle east must be more stable before a palestinian state can be established. we cannot simply pretend that these comments were never made. had had had had had had had had had had had had had had had . meanwhile, netanyahus told his countr...

Presidency, hes tried to push the idea of a two-state solution. he doesnt want -- he and secretary kerry dont want the israelis to give up on that and netanyahu netanyahus remarks make that very difficult. the larger issues here are the israeli-palestinian difference. >> i want to read you a statement from the speaker of the house john boehner who said i was shocked by the fact that there were reports in the press article that information was being passed on by israelis to members of congress. i...

He said "i think anyone who moves to establish a palestinian state and evacuate territory gives territory away to radical islamic attacks against israel." hes got his position there. according to the "associated press" when asked if a palestinian state would not be established if he was elected, he said, indeed. he told andrea mitchell he never redacted his support for a two-state solution. in an interview with the "washington post," president obama said he wasnt buying bibis 180. >> i did indic...

First the commence about arab voters on election day. then the commence he made right before election day when he said there would be no two-state solution under him. hes tried to backtrack the two-state solution comments. the white house rejected that backtracking. hes apologized for the comments he made about arabs. the white house not the only one not accepting the apology. the joint arab list one of the strongest parties -- parties that made the strongest showing in the elections rejecting h...