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Chosen. settlements and i think the president of the united states have decided to reward such settlement activities and such violations committed by israel, and he himself is violating american positions, violating international law, violating terms of reference provided for for the peace process, and above all providing agreements signed between us and the israelis, not to dictate but rather negotiate issues for permanent status including jerusalem. what does that mean? you say focus on equal rights as opposed to a two-state solution. are you saying that if this continues that palestinians should not be seeking a two-state solution? i don t think we can anymore. if the president of the united states decides that jerusalem is the capital of israel and he wants to push the world to do that, it s meaningless. we told him it s meaningless to have a palestine state without jerusalem as its capital. i appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. back now with the panel. joining ....
Have a palestine state without jerusalem as its capital. i appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. back now with the panel. joining the conversation is peter bynart. peter, how do you see the president s decision today? i think what he said is very important. if the two-state solution dies, bh what you will see is a mass movement for one state of equal rights between palestinians and jews which will mean the end of a jewish state of israel. how so? because if there is a if there is an equal democratic state for all people between the mediterranean and the jordan, it won t have a jewish majority and it won t have a jewish character. that s where the palestinian national movement is going. not because people like him want it to go there but this president and the israeli prime minister are foreclosing the possibility of a palestinian state. it s important to understand the reason previous presidents didn t recognize israeli control. 40% of the people who live in the cit ....
Columnist with the hollywood reporter, peter bynart, phillip bump for the washington post. we re all here together. here we are all together. peter, you first. it s been 147 days since the president-elect held a press conference, but he did answer some brief questions twice today. listen to this. your comments about the truck attack in berlin being against christians, do you think that this might say that again, what? the attack in berlin being an attack against christians who said that? when did when was that said? i think i believe you said it in a press release. so i m wondering how this might affect relations with germany. it s an attack on humanity. it s an attack on humanity and they need to be stopped. he did say that in his ....
We re getting closer to when voters are going to go to the polls, both republicans and democrats want to more clearly define their principles and what they stand for. and so certainly we saw that yesterday with the president s address about gun control. and today we re seeing it with republicans and health care. i mean, this is their this is what has legs for 2016. they re saying if you elect us, we will help roll back and ultimately repeal obamacare. they are differentiating themselves from democrats. it may be somewhat symbolic, but it could have some lasting impact on voter behavior. let s say this bill gets to the president s desk, peter. it s going to repeal obamacare and defund planned parenthood. i m thinking the president will probably veto it. right. this is a real cliff-hanger here, right? we re not sure what the president s going to do. how many times have they already voted against obamacare? everybody knows what ultimately is going to happen if this gets to obama s d ....
Plans in the next year or two as things continue to unfold. that being said, i think that, you know, what paul ryan understands, what all of the republican candidates understand is that they want to appeal to a wider base, if they want to appeal to women, they really need to make the case that people are better off when they own and control the most important things in their lives, health care, education, the workplace, the marketplace, home. and that s where republicans are trying to do, and if they can really sort of get their messaging together on this, i think they could go a long way. peter? yeah, good luck putting defunding of planned parenthood front and center of the 2016 campaign. most of what planned parenthood does is the democrats will rightly say is women s health doesn t have anything to do with abortion. and for the republican party that s been struggling especially with single and unmarried women not to mention women of color, that s not an effective message. i th ....