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In jerusalem and let us together go and speak with the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu to express to him our commitment together that the settlements are not moving us forward and to really address the core concerns. to engage with us. to work constructively. the act of divestment is not going to move us closer to a two-state solution. in fact, it will harden those in the extremes, it will give them more reason to oppose movement forward on the two-state solution. the action that the...

Isolate abbas because of the feeling that the government has been doing and trying to tell the right wingers in his own country, that there is no way to peace. peace is what gandhi used to say. they both believe in a peaceful negotiated solution, two-state solution, but there are issues with abbas and hamas, and shimon peres with the right wingers, it is not going to go anywhere soon. >> and you bring up an interesting point of whether or not peres is undermining netanyahu, and so, weighing in o...

>> reporter: well, its very significant, victor. its not a term nomg which israel accepts. however, it wont come as a surprise to the israelis because its part of vaticans long-term stance with regards to palestine that they call for two-state solution to the crisis. so the pope calling palestine a state is a recognition, something which pope benedict even did when he supported the resolution for palestine to become an observer at the un, a kind of de facto recognition of statehood. so significa...

United nations voted to give it nonmember state status, which by the way, the same status that the vatican enjoys at the u.n. and a special status for jerusalem with the security guarantees for the holy sites. and that has been its position for a very long time. francis reaffirmed that today saying its critical that the two-state solution become a reality and not just a dream. now look, previous generations and leaders around the world have tried to move the ball on mideast peace and all have fa...

Last month failed. was this his way -- look, the vaticans official position has been to call for a state of palestine, but the pope also said, look, palestinians are entitled to their state. the israelis are entitled to peace and security. but its got to be both. this man of peace, how does he broker that in a meaningful way? when so many have failed. >> several times prior to this three-day trip francis has said that he was coming solely as a pilgrim, that this was an exclusively religious outi...

But for all the walls in the world that are barriers to peace. and then, a surprise invitation extended to palestinian president abbas and israeli president perez. to his house at the vatican for a day of prayer for peace. the next surprise was for the holy father himself at a meeting with palestinian refugee children as they greeted him with messages of saying theyre under occupation. the pope told the kids, i have understood your message. the path does not determine your lives. violence is nev...

Palestinians has been one of his main foreign policy proclaimants, as it were, in his first year as pontiff. hes on record as saying he supports a two-state solution. so this is a religious pal, but believe me it will have a political edge. fred? >> becky anderson, thank you so much. now to the volatile situation in ukraine. tomorrow people go to the polls to elect a new president. ballots are being distributed, polls set up. the election comes in the midst of separatist violence, and maybe a ...

Acknowledged with dip regret deep regret the continued tensions in the middle east and called for a peaceful solution to the crisis in syria and for a just solution to the israeli/palestinian crisis. you are hearing the people cheering at the pope leaving the stage. he is traveling with two old friends, a rabbi who co-wrote a book with the pope and a sheikh who leads argentinas muslim community. this is an interfaith dialogue. peace between israelis and palestinians has been one of his main fore...

So the pope, a rabbi and a sheikh walk into the holy land. for the first time in history the popes official entourage includes interfaith leaders. he leaves tomorrow for his first papal visit to the holy land. three cities and 13 speeches and homilies in just 36 hours. >> he supports a two-state solution. father james martin has been on a pilgrimage to the holy land and fittingly is author of "jesus, a pilgrimage" a new york teams best seller, and he joins us now. its always great to have you wi...

Pronouncement. >> reporter: with his effort to broker a middle east peace deal faultering, secretary of state kerry used politically charge comments, he warned israel of the consequences of failing to achieve a two-state solution with the palestinians. >> the unit i tarry state winds up either being an apartheid state with second class citizens or it winds up being a state that destroys the capacity of israel to be a state. >> never has it been uttered by an american official of cabinet stature....