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Promises like expanding settle. and saying no to a palestinian states going to be left to be seen what he does with hes in the prime ministers office again and in the past he has walked back some of his more extreme statements. those closist to him -- closest to him are saying theres doubt whether the two-state solution is the direction thing should be going here. we havent seen a serious peace talks here in israel for some time. >> true. the governments in israel come and go. they are fragile t...

The president but the policy ises that i think will be -- the policies that i think will have to be a challengech this is a solid break from the israeli tradition of suppose pourting a two-state solution solution -- of supporting a two-state solution. and then ratcheting up the settlements in the west bank that have always been controversial i think will further intensify the distrust. so it is the policies that hes embraced that are, to my mind, much more of a challenge than whatever the person...

Has he pushed himself and israel into a corner? >> no. he has the ability to campaign on one thing and govern on another. certainly those comments were surprising to some people. david axelrod tweeted last night saying it was shameful not having a two-state solution. netanyahu ran hard from a political perspective he did what he had to do to win. >> what does this mean for the obama administration which does want a two-state solution where tensions between president obama and netanyahu are alrea...

Commence are a distraction. the people will not be bamboozled by the smokescreen of netanyahu the day before the election. as the housing crisis gets worse, runaway cost of living, a crisis in relations with the americans as we saw a couple of weeks ago israelis are going to vote for -- israelis are going to vote for a new prime minister and new government. >> what about the very controversial issue of settlement expansion? when was mr. herzogs policy on that? >> well you know isaac herring on h...

Hes to the left of cotton and some of those members of the senate and i think that once this election is behind israel and behind us. its been rivetingly interesting to the united states as well that there will be a coming tot. >> obama said there should be a two-state slooux. coming into the home stretch, trying to appeal as israeli political observers say to the publics right wing he said no palestinians. this creates another issue where he and president obama would be at ods. >> they tried to...

A new state of pal len stein? >> thats right. if its more of a campaign pledge that the prime minister plans to shed if hes re-elected this is going to be another substantial problem. we have the very important differences of the iranian nuclear deal and disagreements with the desire ra built of a two-state solution. >> do you think he was just saying that in the final days of the campaign to right-wing voters im not going to support a palestine under his administration? assuming he stays on as ...

Repercussions here in the united states. president obama has pushed for a two-state solution to the israeli-palestinian conflict. those are two issues where he is at odds are prime minister netanyahu. there would be no palestinian state as long as he is prime minister telling the israeli news site nrg, there is a real threat here that a left-wing government will join the international community and follow its orders. joining me now from tel aviv is ben burnbalm and jeremy. ben, let me start with...

He undermines israels interests in the u.s. >> when you talk about security and you just talked about iran. hes ignoring the palestinian issue. he ran in 2009, he was against two states. he talked about a waste of time and a waste of money. today he says i dont want a palestinian state. this is part of his plan. if youre american, and you say israel doesnt have a right to exist, youre called an anti-semite. >> its significant that hes making this last-ditch plea basically going away from a two-s...

>> if hes re-elected lets say he holds on to these positions, opposes any deal with iran opposes the current notion of the deal owe positions a two-state solution do you think the obama administration backed by congress would actually take steps against israel and reduce economic assistance? for instance military-to-military cooperation, stuff like that? >> i think the military-to-military cooperation is going to go on regardless of who is in that office and differences over policy. but where it...

Government. whats the u.s. governments reaction to what you know about what happened on this election day in israel? >> well, wolf c i think what we know is that it is obviously democracy in action. were congratulating the israeli people. this is what democracy looks like. its too early to know what will happen here. we will certainly keep working with them. we have an incredibly close relationship with israel no matter who is in that job. we will watch the process unfold over the coming days an...