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For exactly the reasons that professor dershowitz said. this makes illegal much of the israeli negotiating position. but jim, the other thing it does is, it's -- it's part of a pattern with egypt, saudi arabia, turkey, the syrian resistance, to some degree the people fighting isis in iraq and this administration abandoning or not supporting our allies. we have been walking away from them all across the middle east. >> let me ask you a question, and i'm aware of that criticism. i talk to people in the middle east on a number of issues. they have felt abandoned that there's been weak leadership ...

Trying to do is not simply a parting shot to netanyahu. i think they are worried, the administration, about the direction in which the president-elect is heading, and that it might actually be more danger for israel if it's open settlement policy. so i think we're going to see more of the same from the president-elect. and i'll see what the administration does in the final few weeks. >> mm-hmm. sure, and david, what about the u.s. relationship with the united nations security council? i mean we heard from senator and he really isn't the only one, his colleague lindsey graham said this weekend,...

That is true. i think it will continue to be. and i think the question right now, on the table, is the impact of settlements, and what happens with settlement policy, because i think overall, the relationship remains constructive. >> all right. david rohde, larry sabato, julianne zelizer. thanks for coming in. appreciate your perspective. still to come, donald trump says his foupdation will close its doors, putting an end to questions over conflict of interest. but the new york state attorney general's office says, not so fast.

And also to the settlement policy. president obama has long held that the settlements were an impediment to peace. you remember secretary of state john kerry trying to get a peace deal between israelis and palestinians, spent many months doing that and the settlements were issues that held up. for sam power, ambassador power, to say the u.s. wasn't supporting the resolution by abstaining i think -- look, by allowing the resolution to go through it's very significant and a rare -- not unprecedented but rare abandonment of israel at the united states at the united nations. the israelis clearly w...

Calling for israel to stop building settlements in the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem. it was delayed by the egyptians who sponsored the resolution in the first place. both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president-elect donald trump publicly denounced the measure. let's go to elise labott, our cnn global affairs correspondent, and cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller. thank you both so much for being with me. elise labott, with with egypt -- and i know john kerry was set to address the u.n. before the vote. what happened? >> yes, we understand,...