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sarkozy having a conversation, he said i cannot bear netanyahu, here is a liar.ma said, what about me. i have to deal with him just about every day. and here is one more example. we know while relations between the u.s.-israel tend to be solid, relations between netanyahu and obama suffered when the president of the united states said this. >> we believe the borders of israel and palestinian should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps and secure recognized borders are established for both states. the palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves and reach their full potential in a sovereign and contiguous state. >> does this matter, donna, we know again there have been testy relations between netanyahu and obama. does it matter to the american people? is it a political fund-raising because of the jewish vote in the snuunited states? what is it? >> let's look at the issue, israel's security. what president obama was saying he has been and the united states is a strong friend of israel in terms of israel's security. under his leadersh

wait and see whether there is going to be a positive outcome or map there a prime minister binyamin netanyahu warns that the arab spring will turn into an anti american anti israeli anti democratic tsunami does the arab spring really challenge the american and israeli standing in the region or in the country does it actually promote their interests first of all netanyahu statement of the statements made by the israeli leadership and the i very subject line. the religion it from the very narrow interest of history of. their object and he took the whole subject so he really and they are concerned merely of how much someone there. are you doing what concessions can be new jeans gift was an item on the light of this they make their judgement so if those new regimes go into a pause certain disadvantaged. events like him david or others of course he wouldn't be happy about it because that agreement was ninety percent at least in favor of history what is your sense of what is happening here in egypt how do you predict events will unfold so i think we have you have to remember always that egypt is ve

. >> the last thing netanyahu understood to have is not a person that's historian but someone running for president of the united states. stand up and say things that create extraordinary tumult in his neighborhood. before i made a statement of that nature, i get on the phone to my friend netanyahu and say, would it help if i said this? we're partners. i'm not a bomb-thrower. >> the deputy speaker of israel's parliament weighing in saying gingrich, quote, understand very well the reality we live in in the middle east pp, unquote. >>> now, to president obama's campaign for re-election, where a new cbs news poll is pointing to what could be a difficult road ahead for the president. according to the poll, only 41% of americans believe barack obama deserves to be re-elected. . 75% say the country is headed in the wrong direction. in an interview with "60 minutes" the president discussed the poll's results, defending his campaign promise to take on big problems like the economy while challenging business as usual in washington. >> i didn't overpromise and i didn't underestimate how tough t

of peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians it seems out a strong message that the netanyahu government is not interested in sitting down and talking with the palestinians while at the same time continuing to build settlements on palestinian land while we're talking palestinians in the west bank are celebrating and this is because of the release last night sunday of five hundred and fifty palestinian prisoners from israeli jails this was the second phase of an israeli prisoner exchange swap that was carried out back in october you remember there that the first phase of this prisoner exchange deal started that will ultimately see more than a thousand palestinian prisoners released for one israeli soldier gilad shalit who has already returned to israel now there was a time when clashes broke out shortly before the exchange last night took place these clashes were between israeli soldiers and families who were waiting for prisoners to come back the soldiers were firing tear gas and rubber bullets the palestinians were throwing rocks and burning tires so you do have this policy w

clear that the timing is right for tel aviv to go ahead with another invasion of gaza certainly the netanyahu government is isolated on the international front move and it was three years ago and it will not want to risk losing more friends the convoy of today is also very different to the cairo of two thousand and eight when the for me gyptian president hosni mubarak was in power the leadership in egypt today is much more likely to go to the aid of hamas if indeed it is to attacked by israel at the same time palestinian militants have more weapons at their disposal including antitank missiles that are capable of inflicting a lot of damage on israeli tanks so it's not a done deal that israel is going to go ahead with an operation but certainly the fact that the israeli army has admitted that it is considering such an operation has people here or on standby well ramallah based journalist just of israel has no major international terror to stop it launching another gaza assault but that doesn't mean it will get the backing of the israeli people. israel was able to assault gaza three years ago w

the history of the state of israel and we are talking about i think the liberty men and binyamin netanyahu who are intending actually the complete eradication and destruction of the gaza strip and so yes we are bracing ourselves for the worst kind of comes but we also on the other hand need to remember that there is a new world right now we are witnessing a new era in the arab world and i think that israel is confused as in a dilemma with to launch a new genocidal war against the palestinians of gaza and the godless of the reaction of the new other world or just to stay and wait and test the water of the arab world without launching a massive war against gaza. well we got more opinion more reports on the timeline of the guards were offensive three years ago on our website there you can also find out the israeli palestinian conflict developing right now dot com. league observers have been attacked by armed men in the syrian city of homs which was their first stop on a fact finding mission report suggests there were no casualties among the team monitors of fanning out now across the country

state in the history of the state of israel we are talking about of ecuador liberman and binyamin netanyahu who are intending actually the complete eradication and destruction of the gaza strip and so yes we are bracing ourselves for the worst times to comes but we also on the other hand need to remember that there is a new world right now we are witnessing a new era in the arab world and i think that israel is confused as in a dilemma with or to launch a new genocidal war against the palestinians of gaza and the godless of the reaction of the new other world or just to stay and wait and test the water of the arab world without launching a massive war against gaza. league monitors are heading to three more syrian cities to witness the government's peace plan implementation led delegation was mauled by own protesters in the city of homes demanding protection that forces have criticized the mission saying the reserves are only quote a meeting with government officials and that began began its peaceful demonstrations against president assad and not descended into an armed insurrection thousand

practiced democracy so i would say we have to wait and see and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns that the arab spring will turn into an anti american anti israeli anti democratic tsunami does the arab spring really challenge the american and israeli standing in the region or in the country does it actually promote their interests first of all netanyahu statement and the statements made by other israeli leadership. here are very subject like the religion it from the very narrow interest of history. they are objecting to the subject so he and they are concerned mainly over how much someone there or a concession by the regime is because of. the light of this they make their judgment was ninety percent at least in favor of history what is your sense of what is happening here in egypt how do you predict events will unfold oh i think we have you have to remember always that egypt is very important country it's huge country with with knowledge in country and these things economically speaking of course the. areas of strength in the areas of weakness what is more important now is t

but you don't speak for israel. >> if bb netanyahu wants to say what you said, let him say that. but our ally, the people of israel, should be able to take their own positions. >> i want to turn, if i can -- >> can i say one last thing? i didn't speak for the people of israel. i speak as an historian who's looked at the world stage for a long time. i've known bb since 1984. i feel quite confident an apaying number of it's rail hes found it nice to have an american tell the truth about the war they're in the middle of and the casualties they're taking and the people who surround them who say, you do not have the right to exist and we want to destroy you. >> i've known -- [ applause ] >> i've also known bb netanyahu for a long time, we worked together at a consulting group. the last thing netanyahu needs to have not just a person who's an historian but somebody who is also running for president of the united states stand up and say things that create extraordinary tur mult in his neighborhood. if i'm president of the united states, i will exercise sobriety, care, stability and make

and the united states -- >> and the united states of america should not jump ahead of bibi netanyahu and say something that makes it more difficult for him to do his job. my view is this, we stand with the israeli people. we link arms with them. if we disagree with them, like this president has time and time again, we don't do it in public like he's done it, we do it in private. and we let the israeli leadership describe what they believe the right course is going forward. we don't negotiate for the israeli people. we stand with the israeli people, stand with our friends, and make it very clear, we are going to t -- we're going to tell the truth, but we're not going to throw incendiary words into a place which a boiling pot when our friends the israelis would probably say, "what in the world are you doing?" >> so there you have it, mr. speaker. he says this going to make life more difficult for the israelis. >> the israelis are getting rocketed every day. we're not making life more difficult. the obama administration's making life more difficult. the fact is, the palestinian claim to

have this flare up in violence and we also have this continuation in settlement building by the netanyahu government. the world with news analysis continuing coverage including from festivities to fire is independence day turns deadly in. with an angry mob burning dozens of buildings is the reaction of games on the. grass why doing what the bank say is to get us out of recession is already a tried and failed formula on the report which discovered a decade ago. now one of the biggest civil trials in british legal history is entering its final stages with two russian tycoon titans in the spotlight but is but more than six billion dollars for helping swell the. mortgage than their. best name for pumping millions into chelsea well abramovich is lawyers will stall of giving his final statement on monday live events following the case for us in london. russia has a history of epic tales and the one playing out in here is up there with the best of them with no shortage of intrigue mystery and menace to former friends now foes as long it's out of the small matter of six and a half billion dollars

they praised benjamin netanyahu. and put israel security first. it is pretty close to netanyahu and sighing the dangers in the world. that did not go over well with the palestinians. abbas p out a statement and i want to read it to you. this is from an aid to abbas . he said this is unfortunate and he is looking for votes for campaign election and shows how ignorant he is on the history of the middle east and palestinian people. this aid said that the palestinian people have lived here for thousands of years and hope he newt gingrich will reconsider the statement. and newt gingrich's campaign. and his comment about being an inventive people is decade's long history that surrounded the hospital. david mercer. we'll talk for a moment about the latest part of mr. newt gingrich. he is making headlines with the comments. calling the palestinians. and excuse me. this is reagan's former speech writer. he is a human hand grenade. and as many congressional leaders that worked with him in the past have said. and what they say about the rise in the polls, wh

the state in the history of the state of israel we are talking about of a liberal man and binyamin netanyahu who are intending actually on the complete eradication and destruction of the gaza strip and so yes we are bracing ourselves for the worst times to come but we also on the other hand need to remember that there is a new world right now first new mubarak who was considered a great asset to the state of israel is out now syria there is there are some changes happening right now in syria to get duffy is out of the yemeni president is out and therefore we are witnessing a new era in the arab world and i think that israel is confused as in a dilemma with to launch a new genocidal war against the palestinians of gaza and the gardeners of the reaction of the new world order just to stay and and wait. test the waters of the world without launching a massive war against gaza so following on what you say you're telling me basically hamas may have been bullied by what's been happening elsewhere in the arab world and it could began during support to counter a major israeli attack now it's more st

you see panetta meeting with netanyahu in october. the palestinians say they're ready to resume talks, if israel stops building settlements in parts of the west bank. in washington, molly henningberg, fox news. >>> we had a wonderful weekend and temperature-wise, we didn't do so badly. 55degrees today at national airport. 57 at baltimore. temperatures in the 40s and 30s. 46degrees at national airport now, with a light southerly wind flow. area-wide, temperatures a little on the cooler side. 37degrees at martinsberg. 41quantico. 46 d.c. 43gaithersburg. 40 at baltimore. with 47 at annapolis. clouds rolling in ahead of a frontal system. with it, a fair amount of rainfall over the next two days or so. a lot of this will push in from the south and we're going to end up seeing this front actually move through and will be close to north carolina/virginia border and we'll see a low pressure system develop and head to the north. that will set us up for a chance of more rainfall mid- week. mostly cloudy skies for monday. we'll end up seeing rai

israel walks this road i guarantee you we will walk to twenty six twenty seven standing ovations for netanyahu in the congress the united states that's how the name imbecilic idiotic that body is because that's an indication of where we'll go with israel goes that route and israel is going to go that route according to the leadership that they have right now and if you listen to what any of the g.o.p. candidates had to say yesterday when they spoke at the national republican jewish coalition forum it was the you know very much the same two that they were trying to outdo each other in who is a greater ally to israel and just criticizing the president now you mentioned that we're not the only ones to have this drone technology but how dangerous do you think it is in the hands of iran and now officials are saying that that video that they released today is not a real video that it's fake it's not their real sense and i'll drown if you have any idea i don't see iran as being the problem we've taken our eye off the ball as to who might be the problem the people who are probably than the nation stat

coming out and saying or they're retired or in one case active they're saying this is crazy and netanyahu and lieberman and the rest of that gang are leading us down the road to armageddon that's what they're saying and they wouldn't be coming out and saying these things if they didn't think there was a distinct possibility that israel was going to walk down this road to israel walks this road i guarantee you we will walk to twenty six twenty seven standing ovations for netanyahu in the congress the united states that's how the name imbecilic idiotic that body is because that's an indication of where we'll go if israel goes that route and israel is going to go that route according to the leadership that they have right now and if you listen to what any of the g.o.p. candidates had to say yesterday when they spoke at the national republican jewish coalition forum it was the you know very much the same two they were trying to outdo each other in who is a greater ally to israel and just criticizing the president now you mentioned that we're not the only ones to have this drone technology but

more specifically the treatment of benjamin netanyahu? there has been numerous incidents.e been promises to return to the '67 borders. this president did that. the comments he made to nicolas sarcozy when he didn't know the mike was on. what are your feelings on israel. >> the best you can say he completely does understand that america is stronger and israel is stronger when we stand together. >> with what is the worst. >> he doesn't believe in the importance of that relationship. that is what his actions have demonstrated. i can't imagine treating a leader of one of the most important allies the any wear they treated netanyahu when he was here. we are facing an iran nuclear weapon that is close to six to eight months away. we have to work closely with the israelis. >> sean: liz, great to see you. reverend franklin graham. >> how you can het needy children this christmas and get an update on his fat >> sean: the past 20 years, operation christmas child has given 86 million shoe boxes to needy children around the world. another 8.5 million kids will have something to open c