also said for example, the palestinians need to figure out, now that they have an alliance against, mr. abass has to convince -- >> the president was very tough on the palestinians and he said, unless hamas accepts israel's right to exist, you can't blame israelis for refusing to negotiate with them. he was pretty tough on that and forceful in reasserting the u.s. commitment to israel. there's no doubt about that as well. but this -- the words are so sensitive. even though all of us who covered bill clinton's final months in office when he tried to negotiate a deal with then prime minister, they wanted to have that kind of swap as part of a pre-'67. and condoleezza rice when she was negotiated with the palestinians, and mahmoud abass, they had that swath and to formally state it, i expect