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Reasons. they want to manufacture a crisis. they want this statement from the prime minister, which actually if you read it carefully says exactly what the prime minister said it said. a solution is not available today. >> we can't reach a two-state solution because the palestinian leadership has aligned itself with a terrorist group that wants to destroy israel. so it's tough to have a negotiation. >> that's precisely right. hamas and fattah reached an agreement last -- about a year ago, which makes it very difficult for israel to allow a state to come into being where a major party is sworn ...

Has been shattered. obviously the coalition between hamas and fattah the two factions of the palestinian government, have been very deeply troubling, especially after the war with gaza led by hamas. so that created other tensions. netanyahu is pointing to that as a reason to have -- basically sabotage the american peace process that was being negotiated by our next guest. but now people see no prospects. they say they're going to have to go to the international court in europe. they're going to have to go to the united nations. what is the united states going to do? it has always helped israel...

In the direction of fattah. too much complacency, too little effort to basically deal with the contending issues of israel, and other more radical groups were trying to grab the ring of being the genuine opponent to israel. so hamas in a very odd way, even though we see a lot of destruction, we see a very intent israel, is the one that may feel that it's benefiting more than any other party from this conflict. >> mr. ginsberg, you have an advantage that many other officials don't, of actually being in gaza and having the feeling there. what would you advise the israelis to do next? >> i think ...

And ultimately f the united states doesn't have the influence to make any real meaningful change, who does? >> is there an end game? no, not that many people can see at all, right. so from israel's perspective, they have an interest in making sure that the palestinian landscape, the political landscape remains divided between gaza and the west bank and politically between hamas and fattah. and so that way israel is able to manage any negotiation over a two-state solution more effectively from its point of view. from the palestinian side, they're trying to raise the blockade, the economic block...

But what shibley said is this concern that you have on both sides that there isn't a solution, there's not something tenable for us to reach for. that's a situation in which the extremists are going to triumph. which is why i'm with richard. what you need is for the mature players to come up and say, look, geography means we are destined to live together. here's a solution that we can all live with and we can work towards. >> what i like from richard is what are the big ideas? the israelis and palestinians were negotiating intensively with the mediation of john kerry and the state department a...