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The white house has all but given up on benjamin netanyahu as the partner in the middle east process this morning. president obama took the israeli at his word when he said there could never been a palestinian state under his leadership. that is despite netanyahus efforts to win the election last week to back pedal and reinsert his support for a two-state solution. erin mcpike has more. >> reporter: christine, president obama says he believes achieving a two-state solution is not possible under ...

>> no nation has done more to stand with israel and the world including at the united nations, than the united states. so as difficult as it is the united states will never stop working for a two-state solution and lasting peace that israelis and palestinians so richly deserve. >> you agree with him on that? you want a two-state solution. i know you are meeting with officials from the white house and state department. how do you revive this peace process now in the aftermath of netanyahus re-ele...

Two-state solution is not possible under benjamin netanyahu because he says netanyahu reversed himself after winning re-election last week. >> i said we continue to believe a two-state solution is the only way forward for the long term security of israel if it wants to stay both a jewish state and democratic. and i indicated to him that given his statements prior to the election it is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing the negotiations are possible. >> reporter:...

And forth a bit and these comments from the administration now that obamas focus on israel and the two-state solution a way of diverting attention away from the nuclear deal is another round of pack and forth. if that is the case we know the next step. when house speaker boehner is here at the end of the month. the other way to look at the comments is through the lens of a nuclear deal. that is where israel and the administration seems to believe at this point they cannot stop a deal. they are t...

The 44-year-old is the first candidate to formally announce his bid. u.s. president barack obama says he doesnt buy israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahus claim that he now wants a two-state solution with the palestinians. >> mr. netanyahu said he was against palestinian statehood just before last weeks election. on supposed u.s. senator john mccain said president obama is letting his personal problems with mr. netanyahu get in the way of real progress. take a listen. >> there was a free a...

Given up on benjamin netanyahu as a willing partner in the middle east peace process. president obama saying he took the israeli prime minister at his word when netanyahu said there could never been a palestinian state under his leadership. that is like netanyahu to back pedal and reinsert the support for the two-state solution. erin mcpike has more. >> reporter: president obama says a two-state solution will not be possible under benjamin netanyahu because the prime minister reversed himself af...

Going on. joining us the chief palestinian negotiator. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you. >> do you accept -- you are not an israeli citizen. do you accept the apology that benjamin netanyahu made to arabs about the remarks he made on election day when he urged supporters go out and vote because the arabs are voting in droves? >> no. no because you could have differences. imagine, wolf if someone is running an election if france and he would tell the people on tv jews are or in americ...

That hes a credible partner for negotiation given that he explicitly said he would not allow a two-state solution but only a one-state solution? >> i dont want a one-state solution. i want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution but for that circumstances have to change. >> now, thats pretty impressive because that is a michael jackson level of walking backwards. if he somehow escapes this he should go on the road as netanyahudini. words cannot hold him. >> not that funny. on friday, john b...

>> this is someone who never believed in the palestinian right to establish their own dependen state or ending the occupation. >> reporter: a two-state solution could havent seem moreed more distant. the breakdown caused them to take unilateral moves at the united nations and join the international criminal court. the israelis responded by withholding tax revenues they collect on behalf of the palestinians. with the palestinian authority already in the midst of a financial crisis they are threat...

Principally against a two-state solution because it inflames anti-semitism in the region inflames anti-american sentiments in the region. president obama was taken aback by the comment and said we have to re-evaluate united states policy in the region because the united states has a dog in this fight. the united states has interests in the region that could be damaged. >> i agree. >> it also drove this wedge in many ways into -- it opened some space that the president w was able to then jump int...