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Resolution that is isolating israel. it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. and virtually every country in the world other than israel opposes settlements. >> reporter: in his four years as secretary of state a deal between skrooel israelis and palestinians have escaped kerry but he rejects the idea that he failed. >> i didn't fail. we didn't fail. the united states didn't fail. we put what i think is still the solution on the table. but the parties failed. >> reporter: even before kerry spoke, president elect trump and netanyahu criticized th...

Jewish settlements. abbas said he was ready to resume peace talks if the u.s. freezes settlement construction. the empty the israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities including in and around occupied east jerusalem and agrees to implement the agreements on the basis of mutual reciprocity, the leadership stands ready to resume permanent status negotiations. what does it mean? programs towards peace? i don't think so. there are peace talks in january and benjamin netanyahu is not going. >> john kerry thinks the two-state solution to go deep or this one and want to bring in

To further unfettered settlement construction that we fundamentally oppose. so we reject the criticism that this vote abandons israel. on the contrary. it is not this resolution that is isolating israel. it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. virtually every country in the world other than israel opposes settlements. that includes many of the friends of israel, including the united kingdom, france, russia, all of whom voted in favor of the settlements resolution in 2011 that we vetoed and again this year along with every other member of the co...

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

Most extreme elements, jon. >> but the secretary said, again, the obama administration was not behind that resolution at the u.n.? >> reporter: yeah, the secretary of state is addressing this israeli criticism which we saw on friday right after the vote, that the obama administration did more than just abstain from this vote, that it, in fact, orchestrated and pushed this vote on the u.n. security council. kerry says that the united states did not draft or originate this resolution, nor did we put it forward, but he did make mention of the fact that the united states has spoken to israel about...