palestinian territories here in the west bank and israeli settlements out in west bank, the gaza strip is over here. one of the plans all along has been if you have a continuous palestinian state, would israel give up a strip of land somewhere across here to connect the west bank to the gaza strip? if so, what will they get back from the palestinians. that has been negotiations going back to the clinton administration. to have it said so publicly appears to have pressed a nerve. i spoke with the president's deputy dennis mcdonough and asked about this extraordinary statement that prime minister netanyahu expects president obama to back away from what the president said just today in his speech. >> john, the president looks very much forward to the meeting with prime minister netanyahu. it will be the seventh meeting and opportunity to discuss this matter and our ongoing cooperation with the israelis across a range of issues, to