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>> but the prime minister's office is deeply disappointed, expressing outrage over this. what do you say to the prime minister's office and various israeli officials who are now saying that president obama, this white house does not have their back? >> well, jim, it's just not backed up by the record. we just concluded a $38 billion for security assistance to israel. we've had unprecedented security cooperation with israel under this administration. but the fact of the matter is, for years we have expressed grave concern about continued israeli settlement construction. and the fact is, this se...

>> reporter: good evening. in a major u.s. policy reversal, the obama administration was going toç abstain from voting against a resolution critical of israel, breaking with the israel position on this for quite some time here. this is all according to reuters. usually the united states will protect israel from these types of votes. this particular resolution would have demanded israel halt settlement construction in east jerusalem and elsewhere. an associated press reporter tweeted john kerry was planning to make a long awaited statement on the middle east peace stalemate at 11:30. that nev...

Hold while the arab league meets this afternoon to review the text. there could be a new text, we don't know what that will say, but now it's unclear how the u.s. is going to vote. but that vote on calling settlements illegal, calling on israelis to stop all settlement construction certainly on hold for the time being. >> it's on hold, unclear as you pointed out how the u.s. would weigh in. is there a sense that moving forward, if in fact it does come up again, if it does come back on the table, would it be approved now? >> we have to see what the resolution will say. if the egyptians have hel...

>> reporter: good evening. in a major u.s. policy reversal, the obama administration was going toç abstain from voting against a resolution critical of israel, breaking with the israel position on this for quite some time here. this is all according to reuters. usually the united states will protect israel from these types of votes. this particular resolution would have demanded israel halt settlement construction in east jerusalem and elsewhere. an associated press reporter tweeted john kerry was planning to make a long awaited statement on the middle east peace stalemate at 11:30. that nev...

Through obama have publicly and strongly opposed israel's policy with respect to settlement construction in the west bank. the criticism ranged from illegal to inappropriate to harmful to the peace process. president reagan said that the single-most important step that could be taken to achieve peace in the region for israel to halt settlement construction. president george w. bush specifically proposed a freeze in his road map for peace and assembled 90 counties in the world in support of it. so the question, the real question here is whether or not president-elect trump will continue the ame...