chief of staff who's a very tough guy who doesn't have the same commitment as his predecessor, ehud barak to the two-state solution. he, too, is saying nothing can be done. you have a new housing minister who used to be the head of the settler's council, he's a settler. you have deputy defense minister who is a strong supporter of the settlers and you have this newcomer rising star, naftali bennett, modern orthodox leader of the jewish home party who says over my dead body will there be a palestinian state and proposes the annexation of 60% of the west bank. so if you like, that's the bad news for the peace process. the good news is, number one that netanyahu who is the decider in these matters as prime minister he wields immense authority, he understands he has to do something about israel's isolation and has to be seen as attempting to resolve the conflict. number two you have sippy livni who was the only candidate to run on the platform of resolving the israeli-palestinian conflict. he only got six seats but she's been given responsibility for working on the peace process as she did wh

ehud barak, it's great to be with you. great to be with you. [applause] there is a stand-up guy. there is a stand-up guy, standing up for his country, putting his life on the line for his country, and continuing to defend the values that we all share. i am a fan of the man. thanks for being here, ehud. it is good to be with you again. ladies and gentlemen, a lot of you know me if you're old enough. some of you do not know me, and understand i can't see now, but on the bleachers on either side, i am told you have 2,000 young aipac members here. we've talked about this a lot over the years. we've talked about it a lot. this is the lifeblood. this is the connective tissue. this is the reason why no american will ever forget. you have got to keep raising it. ladies and gentlemen, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder, a lot of us, on the auditorium, defending the legitimate interests of israel and our enduring commitment over the last four years. many of you in this hall -- i won't start to name them, but many of you in this hall, starting with annette lantos' husband, who is not here,

and he felt he had a partner there by the name of ehud barak, the defense minister. there's no barak anymore, and he doesn't have the same relationship with the new defense minister even though he's of his own party. he looks around the table and sees four guys, liebermaning who has legal issues but sees himself coming back to the foreign ministry, la period who has said he's going to run against him and bennett, the head of this new party on the right. it's unclear to me, i think you have a knowledge deficit that you didn't have the last time around. when you had someone with barak's experience, begin's experience, all these guys are gone. and the question is, does that mean the wheels, the brakes have come off the train? and that now it's more of a runaway car? or are you saying, no, not at all. livni might be there, and there'll be people who might not have the same amount of years of experience, but are maybe counterpoints to some of the other forces. so what's unclear to me yet is to what extent that forum that netanyahu relied upon, how central is that going to

roo -- he wrote ehud barak who is very well aware of this issue. the iranians are watching what happens in korea and north korea they just set off another nuclear device. we have made concession under concession under both bush and obama administration's bandit turned into failure. i know we have a short amount of time. i think that this latest offer on the part of the united states and our allies was doomed to failure and in tehran i think it's viewed as a weakness because of additional concessions. but it is vitally important that in tehran they understand that the united states, that there is no space between the united states and israel, that is two countries. [applause] and i'm going to give a little straight talk. right now there is a difference between the two countries. one thing i hope the presidents re-election would concerted action if that action is necessary, if it is necessary. [applause] >> senator gillibrand let me pickup on where senator mccain left off. it's true there can be no daylight between the u.s. and israel in dealing with

ehud barak, it's great to be with you. great to be with you. there is a stand-up guy.here is a stand-up guy, standing up for his country, putting his life on the line for his country and continuing to defend the values that we all share. i'm a fan of the man. thanks for being here, ehud. it's good to be with you again. ladies and gentlemen, a lot of you know me if you're old enough. some of you don't know me. and understand i can't see now, but on the bleachers on either side, i am told you have 2,000 young aipac members here. we've talked about this a lot over the years. we've talked about it a lot. this is the lifeblood. this is the connective tissue. this is the reason why no american will ever forget. you've got to keep raising it. many of you in this hall -- i won't start to name them, but many of you in this hall, starting with annette lantos, whose husband, who is not here, god rest his soul -- many of you in this hall have been my teachers, my mentors and my educators. and that is not hyperbole; you literally have been. but my education started, as some of you

the israeli defense minister ehud barak speaking to a pro-israel conference in washington, says israelch some kind of an agreement with the palestinians. >> we need a peace initiative with the palestinians. a two-state solution is the only viable long-term solution. >> reporter: back in riyadh, another hot-button issue for kerry. iran and its nuclear program. >> the talks will not go on for the sake of talks. and talks cannot become an instrument for delay that in the end make the situation more dangerous. so there is a finite amount of time. >> reporter: the saudi arabiay foreign minister was more blunt. iran, he says, has not proven to anyone it's sincere in negotiating. it's stringing out talks, he said, while it builds a nuclear weapon. >> all options including military force, are on the table. >> reporter: in washington, the tough talk continued. >> big nations and presidents of the united states cannot and do not bluff. and president obama is not bluffing. he is not bluffing. [ applause ] >> reporter: iran's ambassador to the united nations, in an interview with cnn's fareed zaka