barnes basically directs the middle east and north africa program at the european council on foreign relations. and in the getaway in the u. k. con ross, a former british diplomat assigned to the united nations who resigned and founded the non profit advisory group independent diplomat. a warm welcome to all of you. you'll see i want to start with u. v is really government sees this as a deeply hostile i'm as a for recognizing palestinian statehood somehow diminished israel. does it? nope. there's no way. i mean, you asked me, i would have a nice decent state to, to, i believe that there is no other and there is no better solution for both people. then to have to state the solution. in my view, it should be under an umbrella alpha configuration of 2 independent and southern states, a but the 2 thirds of motion is the basis for any solution. and between the 2 people as long as you want the solution. if you don't want to have a solution, then no solution is acceptable by you. but to say that it is healthy is why i don't see how. why do you mentioned this idea of, if you don't want the