. >> it was remarkably prosrael in many regards. the controversial was couple yes ago it was about settlements, obama was making settlement a big issue. he actually, we didn't pay attentioto thi he shifted totally away from that said that hamas is the issue now. that hamas' rejection is the issue. if another american president had said that it would be seen as pro israel. and what one final point just on the washington aspect of this. by the way, i think peter has it right and wrong i think ultimately the palestinians need the approval and recognition of two countries, the first of course is israel which occupied the territory and second is the united states. i think netanyahu wasn't wrong in thinking that a lot of the game is here. but one final point about this washington angle, don't forget, tanyahu was here in washington at the invitation of the republican speaker of the house. he delivered, netanyahu really did deliver for the republicans and we can forget that israel is so many ways a domestic policy issue. boehner i don't thi