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Administration. no representatives from the incoming administration are taking part either in what's happening in paris. trump has made it clear he doesn't support this conference. i think secretary kerry will make a speech. that gets at why this conference may have no immediate effect on its own. what's important, this conference doesn't stand on its own from israel and the palestinian perspective. it is part of the process we have seen from the first security resolution to the kerry speech. if this stands on its own, it could be it doesn't mean anything. whether trump likes it or not, the fa...

Most right wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. >> kerry supporting the defense to abstain in the vote of israeli settlements. now after kerry's speech, a top adviser telling cnn the white house would veto any u.n. resolution dictating a peace solution or recognizing a palestinian state. reaction to the kerry speech was swift and strong. the prime minister called it a bias attack to pay lip service to palestinian terror. let's get more from oren liebermann. >> reporter: good morning, alison. one points out that secretary of state john kerry and prime mini...

>> kerry defending the decision by the u.s. to abstain in the u.n. vote condemninges israelis settleme settlements. now the white house would veto any u.n. resolution dictating a peace solution or recognizing a palestinian state. reaction to the kerry speech was swift and strong. especially from the prime minister who called it a bias attack that paid lip service from palestinian terror. let's get more from oren liebermann live in jerusalem. >> reporter: good morning, alison. one of the comments in the papers points out secretary of state john kerry and prime minister benjamin netanyahu had on...

Israel. they believe in one state. the two-state solution was over, and he said in good conscience, the administration could not protect the most extreme elements of the settler movement as it tries to destroy the two-state solution. now, clearly, this context of the vote, he said that is why the u.s. had to make this very controversial decision to abstain from that u.n. resolution condemning the settlements, because they feel so strongly about it. >> aaron, your take. you've heard more than one speech along these lines. what stood out to you from the secretary of state? >> you know, initially...

Allow the security council to approve a resolution declaring israeli settlements illegal. kerry denying allegation that is the u.s. drafted and put forward the resolution. they warned it would undermine the conflict. benjamin netanyahu saying that the speech was a great disappointment and they do not need to be lectured about peace by foreign leaders and he is ready to resume if israel freezes settlement construction. president-elect donald trump holding meetings with the agriculture secretaries at estate down in florida. he said the transition is going very smoothly even though he