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And if i leave, i will take it. otherwise the debate is going to shift and with donald trump and his ambassador. he is very much for a one-state solution. president obama probably made that conclusion. i have to maintain our posture as an honest broker. again i make think the president did the right thing. >> i want to bring in ron deering and national spokesman. thanks for taking a few minutes.
Presidents have been against settlements. it's just this act that the u.n. of not vetoing this resolution that has so infuriating netanyahu. >> right. but as ayman pointed out, previous presidents have done the same thing. so in the cosmic scheme of things, it's not a huge change in u.s. policy. what's fascinating to me is the question of whether -- you know, everyone agrees that, you know, a two-state solution is the solution. you know, one wonder ifs that two-state solution is actually possible now. if that has been ruled out, because the palestinian state that would be left is essentially a...
Let me ask you and he supports the idea of the he said the settlements that israel is building are getting in the way of a two-state solution. do you agree? >> it's more complicated than that. look at the gaza strip. there are no israeli settlements. by tha map, they would be in costa rica at this point. of course it's not. you have the fact that iran has skin in the game through the support of hamas and hezbollah. iran is not about to sign off. they want a one-state solution. it doesn't exist. it further rewards the tactics and including terrorism and the
Jerusalem claimed as a capital by multiple people and religions. it's a tricky thing to manage unless it would be done by now. the notion that settlements in violation of u.n. resolutions and international law could somehow be exempted from that and that israel could just go ahead full steam ahead with support from the united states, that is a reckless and surely faulty interpretation of the situation on the ground. so we'll see if president-elect after his inauguration really wants to continue down that road and still claim to be moving toward a peace process because it would -- nothing would...
Negotiations, but what if the two-state solution is no longer viable given the incoming administration and the direction of israeli politics? as well as -- i should say as well as palestinian dysfunction. >> the fundamental purpose of our book is to try to gain support for a two-state solution. it's been much criticized and rightly so because after decades of effort it still has not been achieved. as a result many are saying, well, we have to do something else like a one-state solution or perpetuation of the current status. we argue in the book, my co-author and i, we analyze the alternatives ...