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Are moving into the middle of palestinian areas, it's going to be just that much harder to separate. that much harder to imagine transferring sovereignty. and that is exactly the outcome that some are purposefully accelerating. let's be clear. settlement expansion has nothing to do with israel's security. many settlements actually increase the security burden on the israeli defense forces and leaders of the settler movement are motivated by ideological imperatives that ignore legitimate palestinian aspirations. among the most troubling illustrations of this point has been the proliferation of ...

Settlements. one of the sticking points of any lasting peace agreement. i'm joined by cal perry. a lasting peace between palestinians and israel. >> for the obama administration, they view it as the main obstacle to peace. in what they call a two state solution. here is the state of israel with the west bank, the gaza strip would be right here. if you take a look at the map with settlements on it, tre are 125. your blue dotare settlements. 125 sanctioned settlements. still considered illegal under international law. plus 100 outposts. what it does, it makes for a very could be fusie confusing ...

Army or unit has to be stationed deep in the west bank in order to protect that settlement. that is a major political problem in israel. >> so the bottom line is why in this particular case do you think it's been so hard to bring these two sides about resolving some issues? >> for the israeli politicians, especially this administration, the administration of benjamin netanyahu, it's a security issue. they view settlements as necessary for israel. israel proper here's security. they view these settlements as the front line. this has become the new front line. the new israeli settlers. what was ...

Condemning settlements in the west bank and jerusalem. an accusation the white house has denied. ahead of kerry's remarks, israel reportedly canceled a vote on building hundreds of new homes and settlements in east jerusalem. reuters reporting the request to postpone that vote came from prime minister netanyahu himself in an attempt to deescalate tensions with the outgoing obama administration prior to secretary kerry's remarks we're going to be listening to in a moment. also this morning, strong statements from trump who tweeted, we cannot continue to let israel be treated with such total dis...

Members, well, newly declared closed military area. you can't do it. that's what we're talking about when we talk about restricted access. >> let's talk about the debate over settlements. they seem to be in israel there's a much more robust debate about settlements in terms of whether they've been good for israel in the long term, in terms of security and peace, whether they are part of the ideology to settle that land. is the debate there sometimes more robust than what we hear in the u.s. or in the west? >> much more robust. i mean, far more robust. the israeli media does not hold back on po...