Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121201:12:07:00
The israelis are making, a very real threat. but i think it's also a negotiating chip, a marker, the kind of thing that they might want to talk about if negotiates do resume. >> so, john, reaction from citizens on both sides? what's that been like? >> well, on the israeli side, even from people who represent the settler community, some half a million israelis who live within eastern jerusalem and the west bank. of course there's delighted that new settlements are coming. but they are frankly surprised by the timing, one saying that, well, we like the new settlements, but the timing seems to be...