negotiations are the only way to achieve a final solution and creation of a palestinian state but he wants moreauey made the application but parked it with the security council. they are not demanding a vote or forcing the u.s. to cast a veto or even see if there is a maij ilt of it. the fact there they he issued a steament on flid places us back in the existing international process. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu called, president abbas said hey, we traveled thousands of miles, whie don't we meet while we are in new york. >> the. >> the number of settlers doubled during the high point of the peace talks from '93 to '98 from 200,000 to 400,000. and now it is over half a million. they are not prepared for another ten years of neck negotiations and tubing of settlers which would make a palestinian state impossible. they are looking for a fream work in terms of reference for negotiations so they know what they are talking about and where they are going. the israeli idea of negotiating without any predetermined conditions is an interesting one but you have to know what you are talking about. >>