republicans, put his thumb in the president's eye in a very personal way. is this one last kidney shot before barack obama leaves the scene? >> yeah, i'm not sure how productive this is, jim. you know, the very first ask from the obama administration to the netanyahu administration back in 2009 was to stop building settlements. this is sort of like a book end to that. they weren't able to get anywhere on that issue. partly because they don't have a good personal relationship. i will say, though, i think it's worth saying that president obama has been blamed for, you know, souring relations with israel. and i think that to a degree, there has been friction, but it's worth repeating that president obama funded the iron dome missile defense shield to the tune of about $1 billion. just this september, the obama administration reached a 10-year, $38 billion military aid package with israel. so it's a mixed picture here in terms of whether or not he and