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Deal. he joins me now. so, colin, can you just walk us through exactly what happened? because from what i understand, you were a target of this operation through some kind of a company trying to get at you through your wife? >> yeah, it's very odd. let's back up just a bit. about a week ago, i was contacted by reporters from the observer and guardian, who said that in the course of their investigation into cambridge analytica, they came across information suggesting that trump aides had hired an israeli intel firm to dig up dirt on me and ben rhoads in an effort to discredit the iran deal and ...

Security council resolution and he lumps those together. he sees them as one element. he says it is an anti-israel biased element. the speech in the security council resolution. his spokespeople have reiterated his point. they were disappointed. they thought the focus shouldn't be on settlements. he's reiterating his opinion that the settlements are not a problem. there's a lot of bad blood here. that is why we keep seeing netanyahu calling for a clearer statement from obama, saying he won't make any more moves on the peace process. ben rhodes reassurance may help a little bit. it seems netany...

Resolutions calling on the recognition of palestine as a state. here's what deputy national security adviser ben rhoads told me. >> just to be clear here, when secretary kerry says these are not the choices we will make, which is kind of vague, is he saying that the u.s. would veto any resolution in the u.n. which might dictate a peace solution or might recognize a palestinian state? >> yes. >> he would veto that? >> yes. >> the u.s. will veto that? >> yes. >> pretty clear. cnn's oren liebermann is in jerusalem with the latest. what is the reaction in israel? is this assurance that the u.s. wi...

Being expressed. it is frustrating but that's how it is. >> did the u.s. orchestrate this resolution? were they behind the scenes? the ambassador telling our colleagues here that this -- ben rhoads was an expert in fiction, in denying that the white house played a role. >> it is disappointing to hear these smear attacks. we have one president at one time and when the israeli ambassador is reaching out to the president-elect, the sitting president should be frustrated that he's not getting the straight discussion. i don't think anyone should doubt what ben rhoads said and this is global opinion...

I'm trying to help her out. the same thing with the u.s. it's been trying for decades to help israel move in the right direction. >> your position is president obama has been more cautious than past presidents vis-a-vis israel dating back to 2003 when george w. bush voted or his ambassador voted in favor of. it basically called for a settlement freeze. >> absolutely. in fact, frustratingly so for many on the israel side in israeli politics. they have been looking for a stronger hand from the united states to say settlements aren't israel. settlements are separate from israel. we need american ...