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Should we be silent when there are policies being pursued that make a two-state solution impossible? >> one last question. president obama i know will not go softly into the good night. he will be active and talk about issues of concern to him, specifically when they disagree with president-elect trump. i am thinking mainly of climate change. i am thinking mainly of justice reform. is this also going to be in the bread basket of the soon-to-be ex-president? will president obama be making the pea...

Israelis and palestinians are taking that are increasingly rendering a two-state solution impossible. it was not about making peace with the palestinians now. it was about making sure that peace with the palestinians will be possible in the future. now we all understand israel faces extraordinary serious threats in a very tough neighborhood. and its neighbors are correct in making sure there is not a terrorist haven on their border. but this vote, i cant emphasize enough, is not about the possib...

Argues there cannot be a two-state solution. i think kerry, this is his last ditch effort to save that solution. i agree with errol, this is also very important domestically in israel. its a plus for netanyahu, criticizing obama helps him with his base. in israel, all politics is local. thats why hes being so vocal about this. >> thats a really interesting point. its always important to try to understand who exactly the audience is for john kerry today. >> his audience seems to be more global be...

Current administration. is it so damaged beyond repair that it cant come back? obviously the effort here is to box in donald trump. but ahead of him getting into the white house. >> we talked about this a little it about yesterday. and i think that donald trump can easily score a victory here but what youve done is youve created so much extremism on both sides because the palestinians are now emboldened by the u.n. resolution. israel is now so upset that they have got absolutely no desire for so...

Authority. im very glad the president-elect said and did what he did. its right, reasonable, and responsible. and im confident we will be back on an even keel after january 20th. >> that brings me to my last question then, brad. i want to give you the last word. as we move forward, what can be done to perhaps get some of the emotions down? bring down the temperature after this? >> well, i think what donald trump should do is reach out immediately to the state of israel when hes president, and st...

Week. >> here is a fundamental reality. if the choice is one state, israel can either be jewish or democratic, it cannot be both. and it wont ever be at peace. >> in case you miss that speech, here is a recap of the secretarys main point, the two-state solution is now in jeopardy adding israel can be a jewish state or a democratic state but not both. he went onto say those sett settlements we have been talking about threatened peace. united states standby its decision to abstain from the union...

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Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and john kerry against each other in speeches. netanyahu said kerry was playing lip service to palestinian attacks. cnns oren lieberman in jerusalem with more this morning. hi. >> hi, don. prime minister benjamin netanyahu firing back after john kerrys speech and the obama administration vision for middle east peace. between netanyahu and kerry deteriorating so rappidly in it final weeks. >> friends need to tell each other the hard truths. >> reporter: a...

The secretary of state john kerry says a two-state solution in the middle east is in serious jeopardy due to israeli settlements in east jerusalem and the west bank. u.s./israeli relations have hit rock bottom over the path to peace. well discuss now with the spokesman benjamin netanyahu and thats david keys and he joins us now. david, thank you. i appreciate your time this morning. john kerry said that youre essentially building on what would become a palestinian state, which means building set...

Transition period, sure theres going to be some overlap, but donald trump has embraced this sort of getting ahead of himself when hes got plenty of other matters he must attend to in forming the transition of his own cabinet. there are stops still to be filled, jobs to be named, work to be done. yes he is going at this to show his strength with netanyahu today. very unusual. he also took the step of naming his intended ambassador to israel, someone who takes a very different position than the ob...