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Wants is too far from what the israeli wants. but i think the powerful man in this equation is bibi netanyahu. he holds the key to the power and to the kingdom, and he's the one that can decide what kind of future we can have as israelis and palestinians, whether we will have one state, bi-national state, but then he would go down in history like the guy that will dismantle the jewish identity of that state. so, if he doesn't want that, he has a window fortunate, very short window fortunate to give -- you know, to sign an agreement and give the palestinians what they want. and what they want i...

Credible actor, is an actor that is impartial and that can do it, can get it done? >> i think the palestinians look at apac today and they think, who has the upper hand here? apac to pressure president obama or president obama that can pressure israel? they think the key issue here is the $3 billion that we give to israel. can we intertwine that with pressure on, you're not using that, into building settlements or not? that's what matters for the palestinians. >> that's the key question. rula jebreal, ambassador ginsberg, thank you. turning to south africa and day one of the oscar pistorius ...

Agreement to get to a sustainable status. at the same time, president netanyahu would always like to make the argument that every issue that stands in the way of final status happens to directly affect israel's security, and that's a problem, because he's defining israel's interests in a way that are inconsistent with a solution. >> let me ask you, rula, about the same question. with active military action going on in gaza, is that really sort of the right atmosphere for peace to be discussed in washington? you've just come from three days in washington discussing just this very issue. >> i do...