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Democratic congresswoman jan shakowski of illinois. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. >> you talk publically about your deep connection to the state of israel. i have to ask about friday's u.n. security council resolution, the abstention from the united states. do you support the move from the obama administration here? >> i do. it's u.s. policy that we don't support the extension of settlement building in the west bank. that's because it will diminish the chances for a two-state solution. it's also important to point out though that barack obama only once in the most recent...

Settlements and no other u.s. government. in fact, the palestinians never made a decision until the obama add m-- you can understand the frustration that obama has with netanyahu. they haven't gotten along. obama felt as if netanyahu poked him in the eye and broke protocol. under aerial sharon they vacated the gaza strip and got nothing for it. they dismantled settlements and all they got was terrorists and missiles. >> in 2011 this same administration vetoed to the united nations and the argument made by ben rhodes you've seen settlement building and we believe this is going to be a road bloc...

Barack obama being a shield at the u.n. for the israelis. you mentioned all the way back to lyndon johnson. every president has passed or supported a u.n. resolution which is critical of israel, maxed out at 21, under ronald reagan. so if obama had let this go through, it would have been a very strong diplomatic signal to the israeli prime minister, especially benjamin netanyahu. >> yes, i think so. it would have been a parting shot by the president, that's had an acrimonious relationship with the israeli prime minister. but in 2011, when the obama administration vetoed a similar resolution co...

At least of protocol. the u.s. always tried to shield israel from these type of resolutions, condemning israel for the settlement building so trump made it clear hi would have vetoed it. >> barack obama will remain the most powerful man in the world until the inauguration but are you surprised little we're talking bet the sit can president and how much we're talking about the new president? >> no really. trump generates news, good news, bad news, by virtue of twitter. barack obama is making news quietly as he tries to shore up his legacy, doing things, passing regulations and his on vacation. ...

Happened is that those periods of time have not been used in order to advance peace, in order to limit or end the occupation in order to head towards a two-state political collusion. those period of time have tended to be characterized by more settlement building, more en tran muchment of the -- i think most people look at this and say almost an inevitability that if you do not see periods of quiet used to advance peace that you will see a return to rounds of violence. what we see right now is a palestinian leadership that is divided and that is relatively weak. but a palestinian leader who re...