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Meaningful when marshalling political pressure. >> so how do you make sense of the timing here? there's a lot of head scratching about the timing. there's head scratching on the timing of both of these things that have happened in quick succession that the critics of the obama administration say you're a coward, that you made sure to sign the aid deal in the runup to the election because you knew that would be popular then in the lame duck session you allow this to come forward to the security council and give the speech. what's your read on the timing? >> the obama administration is incredibl...

Laid the groundwork for that to happen. it had the opportunity to do this in 2011, 2012 during the statehood bid. it had the opportunity to do this in 2015, to set a timetable to end the occupation. it had the opportunity not to increase military aid from 3.0 to $3.8 billion over the next ten years. everything the obama administration has done has set the stage for what trump wants to do. so this is an effort to wash their hands and to change the legacy that they're not associated with what trump is about to do. >> let me ask you this, you said israel's apartheid project. one of the messages o...

Join 20 different international commissions after a rejection of a proposal requiring israel to leave the west bank within three years. they secured eight of the nine needed votes with u.s. and australia voting know. the u.s. state department called president abbas' actions counterproductive and escalatory. first of all were you surprised by the developments this last week? it seems like it just happened quickly vote and subsequent decision to join icc. >> the idea of the vote has been building for a while. you saw various countries supporting palestine's request for statehood. and so i think ...

With gaza. anger is growing over the newly announced settlement that the land prince want for the future state. the israelis announced a building spree in response to palestinian victory at the u.n. this statehood bid was a risky proposition by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas who hoped to force israel to restart, failed peace talks. >> we tonight have a good feeling about it. this is our only hope. if anything goes wrong, everything will go bad. >> here, bad is very bad. there is talk of a third inthe fa da. another popular uprising take form of mask protest. rock throwing and attacks ...

That a palestinian spring has been born. his comments coming a couple days after appealing for palestinian statehood at the united nations. what happens if that bid in the end fails? leland vitter is following s the story in jerusalem. >> reporter: all these celebrations is like a high school senior saying i'm going harvard because he assistant in the application. sometimes it helps to wait a little bit until you get the acceptance letter. the united states has said they will veto a palestinian state if it comes to the security council. so the big question, what are the palestinians going to m...