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Essential judgment. i think it was based in part on what president-elect trump was doing. essentially he was appointing people, as i said, who were in favor of expanded settlements and who were hostile to a two-state solution very contrary to what has been the policy of the united states for decades. >> speaking of the president-elect, as "now" know e major news on friday saying, quote, let it be an arms race, with regard to nuclear weapons. how do lawmakers and respond to a comment like that le...

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Outcomes in middle east peace or worse? you know, if you come from the position that theres not going to be two-state solution or peace process any way, then i guess theres no real reason to use the stick on israel and to try to get them to do things they dont want to do. on the other hand f you think that a peace process is actually possible and you need the buy-in of arab states, the international community and the palestinians to get there, then this move -- closeness between trump and israel...

Congress should step in. this is malpractice. >> he laid out arguments as to what israel is doing and stopping a two- state solution and why that is the only way for peace. it would obstruct the flow of people ifç you had a two state solution and it is deliberate where they are building the home and having a single state. can cant be a jewish state and be democratic at the same time and all of those violate u.s. principles. what is wrong with that argument? >> the status of jerusalem needs to ...

Obama might do with respect to israel during the post election preinauguration period has been the subject of discussions that i participated in for two years or more. it was entirely foreseeable and now we see the consequences. >> lets talk a little bit about israels response. will israel change any policy? will they stop building? stop developing? stop settling? >> not a chance, and nor should they. i do think, contrary to what obama says, the death now of the two-state solution. because it sh...

Settlements so what he was saying that secretary kerry was doing in criticizing israeli settlements is criticizing israels right for this land and right for these families to build their homes there so it was a vigorous defense of their settlement policy but it was critical of the fact that secretary kerry paid a little lip service to palestinian terrorism and incitement. israel claims that thats the reason it doesnt have a partner for peace in the palestinians because of their unwillingness to ...

Israel prime minister and secretary of state john kerry squared off over these peaspeec. kerry blasting benjamin netanyahu accusing him of undermining a two-state solution. netanyahu firing back saying kerry was paying lip service. oren liebermann is live with more. >> benjamin netanyahu spoke for quite a while in english that statement directed at john kerry and president barack obama. he said and he has said that settlements are not the that we just saw at the security council. how low, how ba...

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Administrations have done at the security council before us. they fail to recognize that this friend, the united states of america, that has done more to support israel than any other country. this friend that has blocked countless efforts to delegitimize israel, cannot be true to our own values or even the stated democratic values of israel. and we cannot properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes. here is a fundamental reality...

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