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>> you get a sense that the hopes that the palestinians raised when president obama first took office in 2009, gave that speech in cairo. there were raised expectations of palestinians there. now there is a sense of a bit of disappointment. how do you think they look upon the presidents visit today? >> i think its a mixed bag. first of all, they were very excited when the president laid out an agenda, which talked about reinvigorating the talks. he gave george mitchell and secretary clinton and ...

Israeli coalition to not make the palestinian issue the principle issue. lots of concerns and iran looms large. for the united states, of course -- and for a large part of the israeli population this is an issue that theyre concerned if they dont act now that they could be missing the window for a two-state solution in the next two years. >> ambassador stuart holliday, former ambassador to the united nations, thank you. appreciate it. jessica yellin is traveling with the president and joins us...

Are ready to implement all our commitments and obligations and to respect the signed agreements and international resolutions in order to provide for the requirements of launching the peace process and achieving the two-state solution, palestinian a and israel. we are also serious at ending the division and achieve the palestinian reconciliation, which constitutes an additional source of power for us to continue our march towards making peace, security and stability in the region. the united sta...

A -- at least a public statement by the israeli government that would be very difficult to square with a two-state solution. said that to president netanyahu. i dont think thats a secret. with respect to whether there is a requirement or freeze or moratorium, you will -- i want to repeat what i just said earlier which is if the only way to even begin the conversation is that we get everything right, at the outset, or at least each party is constantly negotiating about what is required to get int...

Palestinians and the israelis. the political leaders and the citizens, to look at north star if you will, to look at the possibility and promise that would come from a two-state solution, but fred and michael, already so many questions. can he get the israelis to stop bitd u building settlements? can he get to figure out own internal struggle and hamas to give the palestinian president some room and peace negotiations to have that room hamas would have to acknowledge israels right to exist. >> h...

Security, absolutely committed. the palestinians, we want a palestinian state, a two-state solution. and others in the region, friend and foe alike, that the united states is in the region to stay, and were not pulling out any time soon. >> john king, the one thing we didnt hear about today was settlements. why is that, and is that going to be discussed over the next couple of days? >> reporter: well, it will be discussed in the morning. you can be syrian, piers, when president obama goes to see...

Separated by a great ocean, in the realm of the spirit, we will always be neighbors and friends. i very humbly accept this award, understanding that im accepting it on behalf of the american people, who are joined together with you. may god bless you and may he watch over our two great nations. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> president of the united states, barack obama, receiving the highest award -- highest honor that you can receive in israel, it is the presidential medal of distinction....

Go back to 67 borders. his conversation with sarkozy, ive got to deal with this guy all the time. how would you like to deal with him every week? and he has failed in foreign policy. whats the point of this whole thing? whats the point of this exercise? cause we know his real feelings. >> well, i certainly dont. look it, the president or foreign policy or our position with regard to the world and the way the world views us in the same way you do, sean, thats not going to be a big surprise, first...

Negotiations, direct negotiations, between the israelis and the palestinians? deplo gloria borger is watching whats going on. and one of the powerful statements he made is when he said, as long as there is a united states of america, he then said in hebrew, you are not alone. that was a powerful statement that israelis wanted to hear. >> right. and he said it a couple of times during the speech, wolf. and it created quite a stir in the audience. i mean, i think if theres any doubt among the amer...

The persian iranians and the arab countries. the historic divide within islam between sunni and shia, which began way back from the succession of the prophet -- to the prophet mohammed. so there are many conflicts. but i will say that a resolution of the israeli palestinian conflicts, while not the only problem, will help in dealing with several of the others. it will help israel to have to change from what it now does as building walls all around it to establish normalization in the region, whi...