streets of tel aviv jerusalem haifa and other cities had frozen other pullbacks because the palestinian authority as is widely known by the clinton administration and by the bush administration after that had made egregious violations of international law and murdered israelis so i wonder whether after the seven seventy degree lines it all did not whether it. was my mother look at their i didn't hear you what were you saying go ahead robert go ahead what was that so you would agree you do agree that the ninety five agreement and then why river did mean for the pullbacks which were not fulfilled by the israeli. go ahead dan you know both in one thousand nine hundred three exchange of letters the one thousand nine hundred three exchange of letters i'm sure mr fyshe is one of the great scholars of the middle east is aware was all based on the fact that there would be a complete end to palestinian terrorism violence indoctrination and incitement and in fact all of those four. acts of terrorism both verbal and diplomatic as well as physical terror has increased since israel in a very in a great move o

to try to coordinate it with the palestinian authority but to move and to do it you let the team that captured alpha when what was the most difficult part of this operation well it was not difficult it was easy of perforation. it's a fact of life. i have done much more complicated or variations at the time that was the possibility to also capture the auschwitz doctor dr joseph mengele but you personally witold against doing this is this now a decision you request no i don't regret because that was the. operational consideration i thought that we had. in our hands and if we are going to do another. project at the same time when then at the end then general who will risk the first operation so i say look we should finish first the first operation and then we should go to the second one but what they're paying bengali on decided that. for him he didn't want revenge for him it was enough the ice man who was at the head of the whole cast. would be before trial and on the air we brought a ice man on the twenty first of. may nine hundred sixty two israel and on the twenty third bengal and no

the palestinian authority of today is not able to sign with us a real agreement they are not able because of the hamas and because of the pushing of the iranian we must to my opinion to go to some one sided solution to go we did one sided solution to go to the americans to agree with the american the borders of the one sided solution to try to call the an eighty eight with the palestinian authority but to move and to do it you let the team that captured alpha when what was the most difficult part of this operation well it was not difficult it was easy of perforations. it's a fact of life. i have done much more complicated or variations at the time that was the possibility to also capture the outfits dr dr joseph mengele but you personally witold against doing this is this now a decision you request no i don't regret because that was. a operational consideration i thought that we had a man in our hands and if we are going to do another. project and the same time when then at the end then we risk the first operation so i say look we should finish first the first operation and then we should

so when are you and president abbas, the palestinian authority, going to sit down? when's it going to happen? it's so frustrating to the world -- >> that's a very -- that's an excellent question that i've been asking for a year and a quarter. ever since i got into office. on day one that i got in, i said president abbas, the palestinian president, meet me and let's talk peace. and i use this forum today, on the "larry king live" show, to say, president abbas, meet me, and let's talk peace. we all have our grievances. we all have our, you know, our questions and things that we want answered. but the most important thing is to get together. sit down in a room and begin to negotiate peace. you cannot resolve a conflict. you cannot successfully complete a peace negotiation if you don't start it. and i say let's start it right now. today. tomorrow. in jerusalem. in ramallah. or anywhere else. i'm prepared to go to a warm city like new york or a cool city anywhere. let's get on with the business of talking peace and concluding the peace agreement. >> larry: so, forgive me

imposing its will on the entire region and its all about the future of the region with the palestinian authority now decidedly divided entity with hamas in charge of one part that's an important corrupt irrelevant it is there any chance of a t. state solution though the two state solution is long ago dead the two state solution never would've given a fair complete solution to the problem it's now much too late to happen i mean israel's colonization of the west bank is is about forty two percent of the land area and it's stretching so there are now in my view only two possible outcomes. either there will eventually be a one state solution and which as i said jews and arabs have equal rights but in my view zionism will never allow that to happen because it amounts to the. nation palestine. i think israel's leaders will invent a pretext to drive the palestinians off the west bank and into jordan syria or wherever. and the blood will flow the west bank will be sowed with blood and it will be mostly palestinian blood and if there be honest reporters around they will call it a zionist holocaust now i

first, they blame fatah and the palestinian authority. >> charlie: and the corruption which was therehich allows -- >> and the failure to build institutions and the failure to improve the quality of life day to day for families. and now, they blame hamas. i didn't meet anybody with the exception of a former hamas members who at this point said they are supporters of hamas. we also went through very religious neighborhoods and spoke with people you would think would be inclined to support hamas. i met a man, 49 years old, his son was killed fighting against israel. he was a proud member of fatah. he told me that during the last election, he voted for hamas. he voted for hamas because he wanted change. his wasn't an ideological commitment to hamas's way of thinking. he wanted change. now, he's been completely disappointed by hamas because he said, and i quote, he said "first we were ruled by generous thieves. now we're ruled by stingy thieves." this is pretty much what we found everywhere. women who would cry and say send gilad shalit back, the israeli soldier so they'll open the border

to appease international calls to allow gaza to be a separate functioning territory under palestinian authority or under hamas rule at this point and therefore the israelis are maintaining their policy of total sea blockade of gaza there is a legitimate fear of of the israelis that ammunitions and weapons and rockets would be smuggled in and perhaps boarding the ship by the israeli navy is not sufficient to do a complete search of the cargo of the ship to maintain that there are no weapons in the policy is not to let the ships in the problem is that the ruling government of gaza of hamas which did elections legitimately does not recognize israel does not agree to negotiate with israel does not agree to be integrated into a larger agreement that the palestinian liberation organization might reach with the state of israel and there are international conditions that have been put on the hamas government by the international community by the quartet the united states the european union russia and the united nations of recognizing israel renouncing terrorism and agreeing to adhere to form or group p

this requires that the palestinian authority prepare for peace. i think at the end of the day, peace is the best option for all of us and i think we have a unique opportunity and -- in a unique time to do it. the president says he has a habit of confounding all the cynics and all the naysayers and all those who conclude possibilities and he has shown it time and time again. i have had some opportunity to confound some cynics myself and if we work together with president abbas, then we can bring a great message of hope to our peoples, to the region, and to the world. i want to thank you, mr. president, for reaffirming me in private and now an publicly longstanding u.s. commitment to israel on matters of vital strategic importance. i want to thank you, too, for the grape hospitality you and the first lady have shown sarah and may and our entire delegation. i think we have to address the balance. i have come here a lot. it is about time you and the first lady came to israel. >> thank you very much. we have time for one question each. >> do you think

speaks to us author academic and outspoken palestinian supporter norman finkelstein as he attempts to convince the un of his vision for a middle east peace process. but . norman finkelstein has never shied away from controversy. the american banned from israel and pledges support for the palestinian people the author and former professor has lost a job. he did to be documented in the film american radical subject we begin with during our t.v. interview i want to start with a question about your new documentary american radical it has been described in many ways one being an intimate. portrait of a man behind a controversy tell me about the documentary why you decided to make this film actually have not seen the documentary. but many of you are surprised by a certain reason i didn't want to see myself on the silver screen and so i chose not to watch it but my friends many of my close friends watched it and for better or for worse they said it's an ocular per trail of me but i was obviously involved in the making of the documentary though i asked not to be consulted about the content i

on saturday, the london-based alliant newspaper reported that palestinian authority chairman mahmoud abbas gave u.s. mediator george mitchell a letter detailing a number of concessions he would make toward israel in a final peace treaty, including a willingtons accept permanent israeli sovereignty over the jewish quarter in jerusalem's old city and over the western wall. the report received enthusiastic support in the israeli media and media outlets throughout the world. what was barely noted was hours after the report hit the airwaves, abbas' chief negotiator, categorically denied the story. in an interview with israel radio, the spokesman said the story was untrue. abbas has been the recipient of adlaer to press coverage in israel over the past several days. last week he thrilled the hebrew language media when he invited israeli reporters to a sumpts you feast at headquarters. then the story came out. lost in the excitement was the ambassador's eulogy for an arch terrorist who died over the weekend. the terrorist was the mastermind of the p.l.o.'s massacre of 11 israeli athletes in