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The recognition of a palestinian state by the united nations practically speaking it doesnt mean a lot but it could give them power of negotiations down the road. it takes a nobodying chit away if the israelis regarding negotiations for a two-state solution. it will anger the israelis would have publicly said this doesnt mean anything while at the same time sitting there and foreign ambassador in there to lobby against it. so you say one thing and you mean another thing and that is what everyone...

Through negotiations. all of us knows it. we are trying to negotiate with them since we took power. not only us. the former prime minister offered them almost everything. 98.5% of the territory. they didnt say yes. when barak was prime minister of israel, he offered the same to arafat and arafat said yes -- said no. so now since we took power, they put any obstacle they could in order to resume the negotiations. first they ask prime minister netanyahu to accept the idea of two-state solution lik...

But thats not my plan. and im not waiting by the telephone. >> i wanted to ask you about the palestinian vote because the u.n. vote today is overwhelmingly in favor of nonmember status at general assembly for the palestinians. theyve been told by the u.s. repeatedly this is a step backwards but their argument theyve been waiting for 20 years or long somewhere that the negotiations are going nowhere. what is your take on this, because chuck schumer is talking about a defense appropriations amendm...

Between gaza and israel, that eight-day bombardment of rockets going back and forth and egypt having to step in to broker a peace deal, do you think that if the u.n. recognizes statehood that palestine and palestinians and israeli negotiations would be better suited to coming up to a longer standing two-state solution? >> to get a state that will have only through negotiations. they know it. we know it. united states knows it. all the europeans know it. after the operations in gaza they feel may...

Together. >> at the end of the day, this is about land. and as i said, the israelis are the only party thats able to, through their capacity, through their use of force to change the landscape. and so, you know, we could talk about the peace process and different stances over time. the reality is, if the israelis believed in a two-state solution, the outcome of which is a viable contiguous palestinian state on 22% of the territory, they would not be continuing to take more and more of that terri...

Political loser in all this. his confirmation hearing could be the one that is the true proxy fight on all this if he ends up the presidents choice to head up the cia which a lot of people say, frankly, he may be. theres another big story out there around the world that will have some political and other ramifications. palestinians go to the united nations today in an attempt to upgrade their status in the eyes of the global community. the u.s. says it wont help its bid to establish a palestin...

This does open the door to peace negotiations? >> i dont know if it opens the door immediately to peace negotiation but it put more pressure on the prime minister netanyahu pressure that started internally. look, three days ago, six members, six former head of the internal secret service in israel, said clearly, we need to negotiate with the palestinian because this is the only way quee hawe can have a secure, prosperous country, the only way to survive. one of them said we should negotiate with...

I see no reason to oppose it. once the united nations will lay the foundations for the idea we and israel have to encourage a serious -- engage in a serious process of negotiations. hillary clinton disagrees. >> we oppose palestinian efforts to upgrade their status at the u.n., outside of the framework of negotiations to achieve a two-state solution because, no matter what happens at the united nations, it will not produce the outcome that this government, this president, certainly i, strongly s...

Their hand and load to a two-state solution has some sense coming off the back of the cease-fire, hamas is clearly in power and that is not good for anyone. great britain is close to being a yes vote on recognition by the united states and if the brits are there, not many left on the or side. >> that is true. the state of israel has had a challenging relationship with many countries in european and around the rest of the world for a long-term. there is a good reason we have a security council wh...

France and china, important security council members. the united states will be joined in saying "no" by germany and britain and australia have indicated they will abstain. those countries saying "yes" agreed with the argument the vote could strengthen moderate palestinian president would has been meeting officials in new york against the more radical hamas which has gained popular support after this months conflict with israel. palestinian negotiators say this move is all about promoting peaces...