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Ever received, negotiated by the obama administration. >> do you approve of the administrations decision to abstain in that vote? >> i think thats a mistake. >> hold on. you essentially said that it reiterated the policy. so if thats the case, why is abstention a mistake? >> for many years, mostly obama year, weve prevented the u.n. from passing unbalanced resolutions and this resolution focuses on settlements as if thats the major obstacle to peace. the major obstacle to peace is not only the t...

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Speaking of a "new york times" headline from a republican president back in 1987. listen to this. >> let me read you the lead paragraph from a "new york times" story dated december 23rd. i quote. with the united states the security council adopted a resolution today strongly deploring israels handling of the disturbances in the occupied territories. that story was not written last week. it was written december 23rd, 1987. >> so, secretary kerry has said that the obama administration has been ver...

Friedman, koufld himself instigate and encite violence on the kumrular street. this is a person that trafficked in hate, islamophobia and called for the dismissal, discarding of the two-state solution. trumps position, which may bolster some in israel itself is one thats really dangerous and reckless. it could lead to an inflammation of violence or a third incidence of violence. it is a huge situation going forward. >> thank you for being with us. i want to move on to the issue of nuclear weapon...

In public comments that israeli settlement activity was pushing into the west bank in a way that was making the two-state solution unachievable. >> cnn has now just learned that israel is moving ahead with plans to build hundreds of homes in east jerusalem. i want to bring in oren lieberman. he is in jerusalem. these are fast-moving developments. oren, i want to get to that. first of all, give us some perspective on the importance of the relationship between the united states and israel and why ...

Truth. >> nations was about preserving the two-state solution. thats what we were standing up for. israels future is a jewish and democratic state, living side by side in peace and security with its neighbors. there are a similar number of jews and palestinians living between the jordan river and the mediterranean sea. they have a choice. they can choose to live together in one state or they can separate into two states. but here is a fundamental reality. if the choice is one state, israel can e...

Without negatively impacting israels legitimate security needs. and weve called for significantly easing the movement and access restrictions to and from gaza with due consideration for israels need to protect its citizens from terrorist attacks. so let me stress here again -- none of the steps that i just talked about would negatively impact israels security. let me also emphasize, this is not about offering limited economic measures that perpetuate the status quo. were talking about significan...

Democrats siding with trump over obama on the issue. one of the few domes side with obama is dianne feinstein, outgoing ranking democrat on the intelligence committee. she expressed frustration with israel and prime minister netanyahu for allowing these settlement to go forward in the west bank. she says that its an obstacle to the two-state solution. shes not happy. but other democrats have sided with trump on this. schumer, as you mentioned, also nancy pelosi, house democratic leader. she put ...

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