he said you're unwilling to accept the accord agreed on by your defense minister ehud olmert when he was prime minister. you e not willing to accept that... ehud barak and he said that the israeli population has changed because of immigrati and their demands are tougher today than they were then. >> i'll tell you where i respectfully disagree with him. the point is what you just said. bill clinton knows better than anyone else that barak made an offer which arafat turned down. president bush, his successor could tell you that ehud olmert made an offer. >> rose: a are you prepare to be where ehud barak was? >> i think i put fward real parameters in both my knesset speech and my bar elan speech and my speech in the u.s. congress real parameters that unite the majority of israelis. >> rose: but the parameters are different from the parameters that ehud barack having to do with jerusalem... >> no, they're not. i want jerusalem a united city for sure. these are not pre-conditions for a negotiations. they're position in the negotiations. the final positions come out after a negotiation. i d

three months before he came into government there was an article in the "new yorkrk times" about ehud olmertconrsations he had with president abbas parity offer the west bank, a division of jerusalem a capital in jerusalem, aalestinian state of independence. president abbas walked away. how do you explain that? >> i believe he was wrong. >> explain to me why he was wrong. >> what was the former prime minister's recommendation? in that piece -- did you just want to forget it? did you want to leave it out? he said you have to negotiate a two-state settlement or the consequences for israel are dire. >> he did exact that and was rejecteded a happened here in washington 10 years later. explain to me why president abbas walked down if settlements are the issue? >> >> these are men and women who put their lives on the line for the defense of this country. that is what should matter the most >> defense secretary leon panetta on the subject of don't ask, don't tell. es and lesbians now have a right to force -- gays and lesbians now have a right to serve in the armed forces. >> it shows the military's

why wasn't that three months before netanyahu came into office -- there was an article about ehud olmert that describe the conversations he had with president abbas. the offer the west bank. he offered a portion of jerusalem. the offered a palestinian state of independence. abbas walked away. how do you explain that? >> i believe he was wrong. >> explain to me why he was wrong. >> what was the prime minister's recommendation? what was the point in the peace? do you want to leave that out? he said you have to negotiate two-state settlement, or the consequences for israel are dire. >> and he did exactly that and was rejected, as happened here in washington. explain to me why abbas walked out its settlements is the issue? >> don't ask, don't tell? not anymore. >> these are men and women who put their lives on the line in defense of this country. that is what should matter the most. >> defense secretary leon panetta on the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. gays and lesbians now have a right to serve in the military and special forces. >> it is a big moment. shows the military's ability to get

the holy area which is one square kilometer and that is the toughest nut to crack, ehud olmert the former prime minister put forward a proposal for an internationalization of that area. this was the idea back before the first u.n. resolution. i believe it is the only way to go with the holiest areas where international community including israelis and palestinians and others overseas a minister so all religions have free and equal access to their holy sites. i think there is a resolution. it requires sharing a city that i love, city that i think is the holiest place on earth but so do other people. i am talking about the political arena of the united united statd i'm talking about dad being opened up so the discussion can take place freely so america's national interest can be pursued so all sides of an argument can be heard and so that we don't have resolutions passing that are overwhelmingly one-sided that don't advance america's interests and passing 400-5 because 300 members of the congress feel intimidated into voting for something they don't agree with. that does not serve our inter

former israeli prime minister ehud olmert recently pressed -- former prime minister olmert recently pressed on the urgent need to return to negotiations in an op-ed in "the new york times." and, mr. president, i would ask consent to enter prime minister olmert's op-ed in the record at the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: while i do not agree with everything the prime minister wrote, i do believe he was especially correct about one point, and i quote -- i truly believe that a two-state solution is the only way to ensure a more stable middle east and to grant israel the security and well-being it desires. as tensions grow, i cannot but feel that we in the region are on the verge of missing an opportunity, one that we cannot afford to miss. end quote. and he concludes in his piece, now is the time. there will knob better one. i hope that mr. netanyahu and mr. abbas will meet the challenge, end quote, and that's how he concludes the piece. and i also hope that today, both parties sit down in new york and avoid the disruption that will be caused by a vote i