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There's been little to no movement on this. one has to remember at the beginning of the administration, netanyahu was sworn in six weeks after president obama was sworn in. they have been hat this for years and years and years. the settlement problem has quadrupled in that period of time. where does he go from here? what role does donald trump play? >> prime minister netanyahu is engaged in a bit of stagecraft, trying to both punctuate the importance of donald trump who many in his cabinet see as being very pro-israel in the sense that they don't necessarily buy a notion that a peace settlemen...

Actions by the palestinians such as terrorism and incitement to violence which we've repeatedly condemned and repeatedly raised with the palestinian leadership and which, of course, must be stopped. unlike some on the u.n. security council, we do not believe that outside parties can impose a solution that has not been negotiated by the two parties. nor can we unilaterally rise a future palestinian state. but it is precisely our commitment to israel's security that makes the united states believe we cannot stand in the way of this resolution as we seek to preserve a chance of attaining our long...

Earlier, mr. obama visited the west bank, meeting with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. mr. obama expressed the need for direct talks. he criticized israeli settlement activity in the west bank, but he didn't back the palestinian demand for israel to immediately halt west bank's settlement construction as a prerequisite. he said the core issues are palestinian sovereignty, and israeli security. >> if we solve those two problems, the settlement problem will be solved. >> just hours before the president's speech, two rockets fired from gaza landed in southern israel, underscoring t...

Palestine that is sovereign and provides palestinian people dignity? and how do you provide israel confidence about its security? which are the core issues. the core issue right now, how do we get sovereignty for the palestinian people and how do we get security for the israeli people? that's the essence of this negotiation and that's not to say settlements are not important. it is to say that if we solve those two problems, the settlement problem will be solved. i don't want to put the cart before the horse. i want to make sure we are getting to the core issues and the substance. understandin...

>> the core issue right now is how do we get sovereignty for the palestinian people and how do we assure security for the israeli people? that is the essence of this negotiation. that is not to say that settlements are not important. it is to say if we solve those two problems, settlement problem will be solved. i don't want to put the cart before the horse. >> president obama meeting with the palestinians today. he has talked about iran. he talked about peace in israel. and today, dealt with the settlement issue. a number of different ways. but he changed. he changed his tone. essentially und...