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Tuesday, sort of an election-year ploy and netanyahu has gone out of his way to make it clear what he meant, the softening of it is he is open to a two-state solution but conditions, the fact palestinians have not offered anything near what any israeli government would be able to accept are now not there. the major change the major event that occurred in the view of the israelis is that the government of the palestinians is now in an alliance with hamas how can you make a peace agreement hand ov...

Here here. >> reporter: i dont think lukewarm is the term. it has been stunning to hear this level of criticism here. there would never be a two-state solution with the palestinians while he is prime minister that his supporters should mobilize base arabs were heading to the polls in droves. the white house has called this now cynical, divisive saying that it erodes the foundation of the relationship between the u.s. and israel that it erodes the shared values between the two countries. so even ...

Schooled by the white house. which very publicly said that words matter. and that there are consequences. i mean the president has now called netanyahu and there was a word of congratulations. but he also brought up these highly controversial things that netanyahu said just before his re-election. namely namely that he said there would never be a two-state solution with palestine while he was prime minister. and that his supporters should counteract all of the arabs going to the polls in droves....

Considering not blocking a vote for state hood for palestinians. >> that state would become a terrorist state. we need conditions of recognition and real security in order to a realistic two-state solution. >> israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu walking back a promise he made to protect the establishment -- is too much diplomatic and political damage already been done or is there hope for a two-state solution? were joined by yusefm , monar, a palestinian-american and you write that netanya...

Tarized palestinian state recognizes a jewish state. i said the conditions for that today are not achievable for a simple reason the leader of the palestinians rejects consistently the acceptance of a jewish state. hes made a pact with the palestinian terrorist organization hamas that calls for our destruction. so the conditions are that we would vacate territory instead of getting a two-state solution we could end up with a no-state solution. >> apparently the white house is not buying that. by...

Israeli citizens and their right to participate in their democracy. >> and he denied reports that the administration may stop acting as israels shield against international pressure. 11 times in the past decade the u.s. has vetoed u.n. security council resolutions on israel. and those days could now be numbers. >> this commitment to a two-state solution has been the bedrock of a lot of u.s. policy toward this region of the world. in terms of making decisions at the united nations and in other mu...

Said when he rejected palestinian state hood. the white house sees that comment as a key reversal that could damage prospects for middle east peace. the white house is also outraged over the other remark from netanyahu that the voters head to the poll in drones officials blast blasting racially tinged and undemocratic. josh earnest called that a cynical election day tactic aimed to marginalize voters. he tried to walk back, flip-flopping on his flip-flop but on the palestinian issue, he said he ...

And what he said a few days ago is not consistent with what his stated position had been prior to that. martha: juan williams and mary katharine ham. juan what do you think is going on here? >> its not good. i think what you are seeing here is the obama administration taking a harder line with benjamin netanyahu after his campaign pledge he was not going to allow to two-state solution to go forward. as you have said the prime minister says he reconsidered that approach. but from the white house ...

Bibi netanyahu chooses to have it announced were going to expand more settlements? >> 1993 when we had that oslo deal you had 100,000 palestinians -- 100,000 settlers in the west bank. you today have over 300,000. theyve been building building building. some of them in areas, some of the most radical pro-settlement israelis that are not going to move. so if you ask me has netanyahu changed his tune at all over the last 48 hours? sure, now that hes prime minister he wants to say, oh, no i can sti...

According to associated press, when asked if that means a palestinian state will not be established if he is elected, netanyahu replied, indeed, but today in an exclusive interview with nbc chief foreign afarce correspondent andrea mitchell, he pivoted again. >> i havent changed my policy. i never retracted my speech from six years ago cal for a demilitarized mind can state that recognizes the jewish state. what has changed is the reality. hes made a pact that calls for the destruction of the je...