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But i would expect that the shoe will drop relatively soon. israel, this government in israel traditionally has a way of responding to attacks on its settlements policy by building more settlements. i think the prime minister understands at this moment, it would not be tactically wise to do so. i would not be surprised after the secretary of states speech if we see a revival of some of these ideas. >> david, to you. we were talking during the break that this is not unprecedented to have a statem...

The egyptians and the palestinians and many of the others understood that if the text were more balanced, it was possible we wouldnt block it. but we also made crystal clear that the president of the united states would not make a final decision about our own position until we saw the final text. in the end, we did not agree with every word in this resolution. there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed or even addressed at all. but we could not in good conscience veto a resol...

But talking to u.s. officials, jake, they say that this is really just a distraction for what happened with the vote itself. which is in response to what they call excessive and really accelerated settlement growth that is really having that two-state solution, the idea of a palestinianen state, slipping away. vehemently denying the charges and saying, listen, the real issue here is that settlements need to stop, and this is an issue the whole international community voted on last week, jake. >>...

There are reports that the palestinians and the obama administration officials k colluded to put this in motion. is that true? >> this is a resolution that was taken by the u.n. security council members. there has been an effort by our mission in new york, by our president here, by our friends worldwide to really do something to stop the daily bleeding of the two-state solution and to stop the -- >> so was john kerry involved in trying to push for this to happen? >> no. they have denied all of t...

Package by far that israel has ever received negotiated by the obama administration. >> do you approve of the administrations decision to abstain in the vote? >> i think that was a mistake. i think -- >> wait, hold on a second. you said it reiterated what was long-standing u.s. policy. if thats the case, why is abstention a mistake? >> well, for many years, mostly obama years, we have prevented the u.n. from passing unbalanced resolutions. and this resolution focuses on the -- on settlements as ...

Statehood bid. it had the opportunity to do this in 2015, to set a timetable to end the occupation. it had the opportunity not to increase military aid from 3.0 to $3.8 billion over the next ten years. everything the obama administration has done has set the stage for what trump wants to do. so this is an effort to wash their hands and to change the legacy that theyre not associated with what trump is about to do. >> let me ask you this, you said israels apartheid project. one of the messages of...

Speech was unbalanced and an anti-israel speech. the question is, how permanent of a separation between the united states and israel at a policy level does today represent versus donald trump is coming in in a few weeks and said everything will be different. will this just be a blip? >> its the end, steve, of years of a fairly acrimonious period in israeli-u.s. relations. the relationship between barack obama and benjamin netanyahu has been at times quite frankly poisonous. today we heard two ve...

Said last night. he denounced secretary kery and accused him to paying lip service. and israelis dont need to be lectured about peace from foreign leaders. kerry said the two- state solution is in jeopardy. and today a european union said the 28 nation eu joins the outgoing administration in defending the two- state solution. so far today, we havent heard anything more from theç prime ministers office. and as you can imagine it dominated the headlines here. and i want to show you something. th...

Leading in the opposite direction. theyre leading towards one state. >> kerrys speech amounted to a declaration that if the two-state solution is dead, its the government of benjamin netanyahu not the obama administration that killed it. >> friends need to tell each other the hard truths. and friendships require mutual respect. despite our best efforts over the years. the two-state solution is now in serious jeopardy. >> unsurprisingly, secretary of state john kerrys comments generated an outrag...

How do we get there to that peace? since the parties have not yet been able to resume talks, the u.s. and the middle east quartet have repeatedly calmed on both sides to independently demonstrate a genuine commitment to the two-state solution. not just with words, but with real actions and policies, to create the conditions for meaningful negotiations. weve called for both sides to take significant steps on the ground to reverse current trends and send a different message, a clear message that t...