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Thumb in the eye of the american president with his speech to congress, and disavowed the two-state dissolution, in the rhetoric in the middle east, he prepares to serve a third consecutive term as prime minister. has something fundamentally broken in the u.s.-israeli relationship? the white house today criticized the tactic used in the home stretch of the campaign saying, that its deeply concerning and divisive and acknowledged theyll have to reevaluate its approach with netanyahus reversal on ...

Two-state solution to become a reality? >> well look that was an extraordinary flip-flop. obviously the voters that he got to come out for him in the last days of the election will probably be quite surprised to hear that. now, hes trying to sort of thread the needle here by saying he hasnt changed his view but circumstances have. in that interview before the election, he said theres not going to be a palestinian state on his watch. and thats probably consistent with what hes saying here and tha...

Here? you think about the next two years, how were going to get through them how it cant be any worse. ultimately, isnt there too much to lose here? dont we have too much in common for it to get that bad? >> i think thats right, abby. theres been a lot of hyperventilating now scene saying with the united states position change at the u.n. on allowing a palestinian state to be created without israels permission, that seems what the prime ministers climb down to be far fetched right now. we have t...

Committed to a peace process? two states for people living side by side will he be able to do that? >> one thing about bibi netanyahu is every day is a new day. he does what he needs to do when he needs to do it. and he felt he did what he needed to do. if its in his interests. if he sees it in his political interest to change or walk back that position in subtle ways or not so subtle ways i wouldnt be shocked if he did. after all, for six years hes been telling the world that he was for a two-s...

>> we certainly are in a position to evaluate or approach given that the prime minister essentially backed away from commitments that israel had previously made. words matter and that is certainly true in this instance because of what he has articulated and because of his pretty clear indication that hes prepared to withdraw from very serious commitments that israel had previously made that does and has prompted us to reevaluate our approach. late today the white house said president obama cal...

Waited in the middle east is taken up by islamist forces. we want that to change so we can realize a vision of real sustained peace. i dont want -- i dont want a one-state solution. i want a sustainable peaceful two-state solution but for that, circumstances have to change. that is the way the white house has interpreting -- the white house says this is diadvicive, and so diadvicive that now the administration is saying that he will not stop the u.n. from conferring statehood? or at least they...

The fight for tikrit. theyre going to lose some other fights hopefully in the near future. unfortunately, strategically, they are winning. their message is getting traction with other disaffected terrorists and jihadi groups. boko haram plejed allegiance. the real contest here is between al qaeda and isis for leadership of the global sunni jihadist movement. right now isis is winning that fight. the unfortunate reality is yes, the caliph may collapse. it should collapse. i believe it will collap...

Have been smart politics he in some respects burst an illusion. the chance of a two-state solution are probably slim to none, even before mr. netanyahus state -- the question is how to manage it andrea. >> and the other question as was written in my promised land and other commentators have written, the problem is if there is one state, not two, with the growth of the arab population it will not be a jewish state or it will not be a democracy, but you cant have both. >> one state is not a soluti...

East, as he prepares to serve a third consecutive term as prime minister, the question is, has something fundamentally broken in the u.s.-israeli relationship? the white house today criticized the tactic used in the home stretch of the campaign saying, that its deeply concerning and divisive and acknowledged the administration will have to re-evaluate its approach in light of netanyahus reversal on the peace process. david axelrod was more forthright about the consequences. >> its harder to defe...

Netanyahu, prime minister of israel mark regev. thank you so much for joining us. lets get to some of these policies here. before tuesdays election netanyahu very clearly declared the palestinians would not have a state on his watch but now today, he seems to be doing a complete 180, saying he supports a two-state solution that is peaceful and sustainable. which is accurate? >> jake the truth is there has been no change in the prime ministers position at all. he said six years ago that he wanted...