netanyahu is in a rather stable, secure position.nd so he also is being held far to the right by his cabinet. so he is not under the same kind of terrorism pressure that other earlier prime ministers have been. meanwhile, on the palestinian side you have the split between fatah on the west bank and hamas on the gaza strip. who are you negotiating with? fattah and prime minister abbas? what do you do about what is going on in gaza and under the control of hamas? >> larry: so any optimism? >> if you're going to play in the middle east you always have to have a sense of optimism. you can never walk away. the stakes are too high. lives are at risk. our interests are at risk in the region. you have to stay engaged as difficult as it is. >> larry: wouldn't they be a major power? >> they being the israelis and palestinians? >> larry: yeah, intellectually -- >> intellectually and both of them, palestinians and israelis, have, believe it or -- an entrepreneur spirit about them. and so if we could ever create the two-state solution we've all w

netanyahu have in mind? the one he says palestinian state. that's very important to begin to know in order for us palestinians to begin to get an sense of possibility about this. understanding of that. >> larry: let's open in that area. deputy prime minister barak, how does it define a palestinian state? >> i think two states for two people who think about a secure israel side by side with a viable palestinian state both territorially, economically, politically and so on, but demilitarized. i believe that the objective is clear and even agreed upon, but we have to dive into the details because both divinity and hell are in the details. >> larry: this is so frustrating to people. prime minister fayyad, why can't we make more progress in this area? >> well, maybe precisely because the issues were not approached in the way that i'm proposing to you. i think for much too long issues were talked about in general terms. yes, there were discussions and negotiations where issues were discussed at great length. mp david, is an example of which mr. bar

according to them, netanyahu's really going through the motions .e again israel is flying a nation without red lines in order to appease the obama administration and international community. whether this is strong leadership or a vision for israel, i are leave as an open question. buas to whether it is the international community that has taken israel down the path, as to that queion we need to look at internal matters within the statef israel. what we will find is even the very awful process we have been speaking about bears the label made in israel, it is part of the appeasement policies of the political elites of the right as well as the left. in order to demonstrate, we will go back briefly to the onset or onslouon thesraeli people. go back to the white house famous ceremony through 17 years of self-inflicted pain, where the famous handshake takes place between then yitzhak rabin and the world's leading terrorist yasser arafat. when those two men shook hands, it was the end of another abrupt peace process in place. it began an international conf

netanyahu has in mind when he says palestinian state. >> well, let me ask you then. you heard the speech on friday night here in washington. secretary clinton laid out the core issues, and of the big ones on jerusalem, she talked about, you know, how each side has to really be able to negotiate on what their aspirations are for jerusalem and also to keep it a place for all the world's faiths and populations. your own defense minister, ehud barak, went even further and talked about splitting jerusalem. >> and then the prime minister said today what barak said a few days ago is not a government policy. but i think that the good news is that what secretary clinton said, that they are going to discuss with israel and the palestinians their basic position on the core issues, and these are the difficult decisions that need to be taken in terms of israel's security for the future, border security. just one of the core issues that are on the table so basically the choice in the middle east is sometimes between bad options so in choosing to build more buildings or making peac

according to them, netanyahu's really going through the motions .e again israel is flying a nation without red lines in order to appease the obama administration and international community. whether this is strong leadership or a vision for israel, i are leave as an open question. but as to whether it is the international community that has taken israel down the path, as to that question we need to look at internal matters within the state of israel. what we will find is even the very awful process we have been speaking about bears the label made in israel, it is part of the appeasement policies of the political elites of the right as well as the left. in order to demonstrate, we will go back briefly to the onset or onslout on the israeli people. go back to the white house famous ceremony through 17 years of self-inflicted pain, where the famous handshake takes place between then yitzhak rabin and the world's leading terrorist yasser arafat. when those two men shook hands, it was the end of another abrupt peace process in place. it began an internat

after recently flying over the 250 , their frontier, benjamin netanyahu announced a $400 million project to build a huge wall on the border. many in the tourism sector say that is the wrong approach. they need to pour a laye-- cheap foreign labor. the jobs are being filled by migrants from africa. >> about 1500 employees in their jobs. there are no israelis who really want to do these jobs. even though we offer them a wonderful condition. no is really wants to do it. >-- israeli once to do it. >> a friend wire fence separates two different worlds. despite the dangers, thousands of migrants are unlikely to be deterred by israel's latest attempt to keep them out. >> columbia's battle with aids drug barons it -- it'ss drug barons, trying to stem the flow of cocaine into britain. >> captured by the colombians. at alleged gangster accused of murdering 12 people in the struggle to control the cocaine trade. with u.s. and british help, the authorities are seizing half the cocaine produced there. it is a relentless fight. i flew across the country with the police to visit juggle commandos, -- ju

prime minister netanyahu froze settlement building for 10 months and got only palestinian scorn for his efforts. moreover, the peace process would have promoted, israel has withdrawn from areas, so the israeli track record on land for peace is very clear. but what some palestinians can't seem to understand is that their legitimate aspirations cannot only can't be achieved by violence but are equally unobtainable through unilateral or external declarations. a just and lasting settlement is only possible through a political process, one where both sides make concessions. any nation that is truly committed to peace or receives itself as a friend of the israelis or the palestinians have to recognize that trying to dictate a solution is a recipe for a catastrophe. instead of producing peace, efforts to impose one from the outside will transform a difficult but resolvable conflict between two peoples into an horrific war between two religions. so i think the time to resolve this conflict, if you think the time to resolve this conflict is now and i do and if you think both israelis and palesti

despite huge pressure from the americans, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to get the coalition to accept a new freeze. washington says it has given up attempts to persuade them to do so. they say they are still trying to revive the peace talks. the israeli negotiators are headed to washington. it is unclear where the peace process will go from here. bbc news, washington. >> now the murder case whose twists and turns have provided grim fascination for people around the world. the man whose wife was killed on their honeymoon in south africa has appeared in court. south african authorities want him extradited on allegations he paid to have her murder. >> being led from court in handcuffs, the bridegroom accused of arranging his wife's murder just days after their marriage. shrien dewani and anni dewani looked the picture of wedded bliss. in court, the businessmen listened intently as the prosecution claims he was the main instigator in a plan to kill his wife. but his own lawyer described him as an exemplary character. an uncle of anni dewani says that's they are still w

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has welcomed a decision by the u.s.abandon the call for a freeze on israeli settlement building. it is the first public comment since the u.s. changed their policy on friday. the latest u.s. diplomatic cables released by wikileaks claim the irish republican leaders were in the military ira as recently as five years ago it also stated that both men would know about of $40 million bank robbery. both men said the claims are untrue. in our show of force, troops in ivory coast khalil to the presidents have today temporarily blocked access -- loyal to the president have today temporarily blocked access. united nations and the african union have conceded that he has won the elections. our reporter in the main city, don james, said this report. >> government soldiers take up positions close to the hotel. this is the man most world leaders say one last month's election. here, and in the main city, the army is loyal to the man who has been in charge for the past decade. the decision to move closer to the un-protected hotel provok

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has welcomed the united states to abandon its call foredom for is really a settlement groups. it is the first paul -- public comment since the u.s. changes policy on friday. the latest diplomatic cables released by wikileaks say the irish republic leaders were in the military ira as recently as five years ago. they also say both men would have known about the $40 million bank robbery that has been linked to the organization. both men say the claims are untrue. swedish officials say they believe they have identified the man who set off two bombs in stockholm saturday. they say they are 90% certain he is taimour abdulwahab al-abdaly, who was born in iraq, grew up in sweden, and study here in england. we have more with our cure -- security correspondent. >> at the swedish bomb plot. taimour abdulwahab al-abdaly, an man who spent more than a decade living in britain. today, questions what may have been behind his past. a car exploded in a busy shopping street in stockholm moments later, he was found dead at following a second explosion. a sui

in november secretary of state hillary clinton failed to persuade israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahuo renew a freeze on the settlement activities. the palestinians say a renewed freeze is a prerequisite for resuming direct talks. >>> japan's first ever venus probe has failed to enter the planet's orbit. the akatsuki unmanned pro-probe was meant to gather data about venus while in orbit. on wednesday it fired its reverse thrusters to change course, but japan's space agency confirmed that akatsuki passed by venus. >> ignition. >> akatsuki began its 500 million-kilometer space journey to venus in may this year. the probe cost $182 million to build and was equipped with sophisticated observation cameras. known as an evening and morning star, little is known of venus. it's almost the same size as earth. but conditions on the planet are very different. the akatsuki research team had hoped to learn more about possible global warming on earth. on tuesday the probe was trying to enter the orbit around venus using its thrusters at the point of about 550 kilometers away from the planet. but sho

israeli prime minister netanyahu issued instructions to all israeli diplomatic missions to exert pressure on all countries that are planning to recognize the palestinian state do you think that this will further aggravate the situation the nation with the. you know every state has a sovereign right to make its own decisions if a country decides to recognize a palestinian state it's a reality that should be reckoned with. that. as far as i know president medvedev is planning to visit israel and the palestinian territories in the near future many think it's going to be a historic visit to the palestinian lands will the russian president make any proposals to the middle east region. but if they should visit definitely he will dimitri medvedev is forthcoming visit to palestine israel and jordan is a major political event. it will have great importance both for the region and for producing a positive impact on the current extremely complex situation in the middle east and certainly it will be important for our relations with palestine israel and jordan. one of the visits main goals is undoubte

netanyahu's cabinet will opposed to the deal? >> that's a better question for the israeli government. >> but -- >> i can't. we understand the political challenge that the prime minister has faced and is facing. we'll leave it to the israelis. >> i guess my question is it your feeling with the current composition of the cabinet -- >> if we thought it was imsurmountable, we wouldn't be doing what we are doing. >> i have a question about viktor bout. he would be lured to the united states to testify before the helsinki commission. did the thai discussion say anything about viktor bout? >> let me take one thing first. viktor bout is here in the united states and he is faceing prosecution for a variety of charges. i'll defer to the justice system for those challenges. as to any other visit, on the other hand, you know, visa applications are confidential. on the other hand, extradition matters are confidential. i wouldn't connect the two. >> can you say explicitly, did you make an agreement or not with the thai government to lure the f

reasonable palestinian politicians that is ever come about in dealing with these negotiations but netanyahu and other people in the government say he doesn't have a part. or is that if is that really fair actually not to me i was sat in washington now when the talks were launched a month ago and you are my partner and he said it to the entire world this night and now it's gone a really long way well when he was campaigning i covered his political campaign for prime minister he didn't say he was in favor of a palestinian state since becoming prime minister he has when he was campaigning and he said he would help out the jews living in the west bank hasn't it all he's frozen construction for them and he also campaigned on a policy of camp helping out the palestinian people economically and that's the promise that he kept he wanted to work together with the palestinian government with salam fayyad with. who he considers his partner to build up the us make economic plan give the people there hope for the future and that has succeeded we've seen how they had eight and a half percent economic gro

. >> your assessment of benjamin netanyahu.teresting as your article was, the article -- the interview you did hours before he took the oval office, talk about an apocalyptic regime in iran, assessing him, assessing obama, that is the question. you can't get him to do what you want him to do. benjamin netanyahu believes in his role in history come what may. >> i think so but i don't know. you are dealing with a couple of contradictions within the same person. he does not like to make decisions. he is a person who the view from the chair is always different and the view from the opposition and he would be more cautious. but i tend to think at the end of the day he would feel as if he failed jewish history if iran crossed the nuclear threshold on his watch so ultimately, if all else failed he would make the decision to -- >> used to be of the opinion -- >> we tried and effectively to bring about sanctions that are meaningful. it would seem the administration would bring about sanctions that are formidable that would bring about m

with prime minister netanyahu i know how hard that is. [laughter] >> he is not alone. i think on the contrary. i think he is a great deal of support in israel and in the united states. but i think that the way it is set up, or at least it was when we were in office, dennis ross was the negotiator. i would go in and meet at a variety of times commented president clinton would get engaged at various phases where we thought that we could move the process of further. and so that is the way i foresee this going on, which is that president obama has set the course, has made very clear what he wants, a two-state solution, security for israel, and that it negotiators are trying to move some of the underbrush and try to sort out and put ideas on the table, and that this is a priority for the united states, at least that's my view of it. >> we will take two more again from the right and left. >> secretary secretary albright, regarding the high tensions right now in the peninsula come in show of the few people that have ever in modern times have eve

hillary clinton met with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu for six hours at a hotel yesterday. [ light laughter ] when hillary saw that she had a six-hour meeting at a hotel, she was like, "wait, i think this is bill's schedule. [ laughter ] this isn't mine. it can't be mine, i think i -- it is mine." [ cheers and applause ] speaking of bill clinton, today, he released a statement where he called george w. bush's new memoir "well-written and interesting." [ laughter ] then bush released a statement calling clinton's lie "convincing and much appreciated." [ laughter and applause ] there's some big international news. gap just opened its first store in china this week. or as gap clothing put it, "we're coming home for the holidays." [ laughter ] i was just reading about this. a lot of pest control companies are offering bedbug sniffing dogs. but it turns out that they're not very reliable. either that or there's a serious bedbug epidemic in other dogs' butts. [ laughter ] it's one or the other. >> steve: other dogs' butts? oh, they -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: listen to this, every

if netanyahu can't get obama to do what he wants to do, the question is, does netanyahu believe it'sis role in history to do what is not very somewhat may? >> i think so, but i don't know. i mean, you're dealing with a couple of contradictions within the same person. he is a person, those of you know who is israeli politics and he does not like to make decisions. asked sharon said, thank you from the chair, the prime minister is less different from the view of the opposition. and he would be more cautious. however, i do think, i tend to think at the end of the day he would feel as if he had failed jewish history if iran crossed the nuclear threshold on his watch. and so ultimately i think if all else failed he would make the decision to at least try to stop the iranian nuclear program. >> stanley, right here. >> i'm just curious, if one seems to be -- [inaudible] >> last resort, we certainly have tried ineffectively to bring about sanctions that are meaningful. it would seem to me that the administration could bring about sanctions that would be formidable, that would bring about a m

israel's netanyahu might be better company because he's elegant and charming but unfortunately not trustworthyet's hope they're serving meat because putin's here too and he is russia's alpha dog. afghanistan's hamid karzai may not want to touch the food at all if it's true that he is driven by paranoia. just as well north korea's kim jong-il will never be invited to eat anything at this table, for he is a flabby old chap. as for libya's moammar gadhafi, maybe he gets a table all to himself as he is said to be just strange. it's fantasy, but what is not is the job mrs. clinton now has in front of her, one at a time, to smooth a lot of ruffled feelings, beginning in kazakhstan, the nation whose defense minister enjoys, one cable said, drinking himself into a stupor. oh, dear. what's a diplomat to do? just like a dinner hostess, smile and say nice things. >> you have to get along with people. you have to listen to them, even if you disagree with them. >> reporter: whenever you're in earshot. even, apparently, when you're not. i'm john donvan in washington. >> that's why i just talk behind people'

. >> president obama has offered condolences and help to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu as israelis sending aid to battle the blaze. cnn got a firsthand look at the flames from someone who barely managed to escape. >> reporter: as firefighters on the ground struggled for a second day to contain israel's worst ever fire, planes from nearby countries dropped thousands of gallons of water from the skies above. and as emergency responders struggled to gain control of the situation, investigators say they have not ruled out arson as a possible cause of the fire. the scale and size of the blaze was something that israel's emergency responders were not ready for. i think that there is a problem here. israel did not prepare itself in any intensive manner for this type of forest fire says prime minister benjamin netanyahu. one reason that it is out of control is because of the weather. high and unpredictable winds coupled with the worst drought in recent history has perfect conditions for the rapid spread of this blaze. photographer ronnie soefr saw the deadly speed of the fire up close. d

so says the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.at least 40 people are reported dead now and more than 2,000 acres scorched and this evening, early morning there, flames are said to be raging out of control in the northern part of the country in what's being described as the worst fire in israeli history. among the dead, said to be prison guards and workers after the bus used to evacuate inmates went up in flames itself. out in hollywood, the west coast, a murder mystery has taken another bloody turn. last month, somebody gunned down a big name publicist in a killing that stunned the stars. after weeks of investigating, police found a person of interest. so they went to meet with them yesterday. >> they attempted to talk to the suspect, the suspect produced a handgun. >> shepard: that's when things went bad. now, one dead end is leading to new questions about the murder that rocked beverly hills. that's coming up. [ manager ] you know... i've been looking at the numbers, and i think our campus is spending too much money on printing.

over recent months, prime minister netanyahu and abbas have met face to face several times prepare a i have been privileged to be present during their meetings. i am also had the chance to talk to each leader privately. these were meaningful talks that build new clarity about the gap that must be bridged. both sides decided to get there to pursue a framework agreement that would establish the compromises on of permanent status' issues and pave the way for a final peace treaty. reaching this goal one not be easy. the sides are real and persistent. the way to get there is by engaging in good faith with the full complexities of the core issues and by working to narrow the gaps between the two sides. by doing this, the parties can begin to rebuild confidence, it demonstrates their seriousness, and hopefully find enough common ground on which to eventually launch direct nicosia asians and achieve that framework. the parties have indicated they want the united states can continue -- to continue our efforts. the united states cannot be a passive participant. we will force them to lay out th