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This is certainly not a rebuke but a subtle nudge, if you will, not to expand settlements in this hotly contested issue, steph. >> i want to bring the panel back. i know you have something to say. dan, on israel. >> i am not one to pile on with donald trump's critique of the media. however, i think the media does itself a disservice on this story. particularly israel. trump was reverting back to obama's policy. it's factually incorrect. in 2004. george w. bush wrote a letter that became u.s. government policy that basically said in a future settlement agreement, we will recognize existing sett...

Viable palestinian state that accommodates israel's security requirements and the demographic realities. that suggests palestinian sovereignty over gaza, the vast majority of the west bank, the incorporation into israel of settlement blocks. with the goal of maximizing the number of settlers in israel while minimizing for palestinian to be viable must be a geographically contiguous state. now -- >> you know it is complicated language. but if you go over there it is not complicated. arabs generally live on the west bank, they want their own. the peaceful ones do. they want to -- all it takes is...

>> first i think there could be no genuine resolution to the conflict without a sovereign viable palestinian state that accommodates israel's security requirements and the demographic realities. that suggests palestinian sovereignty over gaza, the vast majority of the west bank, the incorporation into israel of settlement blocks. with the goal of maximizing the number of settlers in israel while minimizing for palestinian to be viable must be a geographically contiguous state. now -- >> you know it is complicated language. but if you go over there it is not complicated. arabs generally live on...

Independent and viable state based on the 1967 lines with agreed swaps. >> the same language obama used thursday. bill clinton had the same statement with a last ditch attempt and a good one, following the collapse of the camp david talks. here is what he said the israeli policy forum in january 2001. >> first i think there could be no genuine resolution to the conflict without a sovereign viable palestinian state that accommodates israel's security requirements and the demographic realts. that subjects palestinian save renty over gaza, vast ma are the jo of the west bank, incorporation into i...

Which made clear a recognition of palestinian legitimate rights and subsequent statements by israeli prime ministers, including prime minister netanyahu, that israel is prepared to accept a two-state solution a have an independent palestinian state alongside the jewish state of israel. the question is where is it going to be? that's what the negotiations have to be about, and what the president has done here is delineate the borders that that -- the state will have to be based on with adjustments to take account of those settlement blocks. that's the basket terms of reference for a deal to inv...