peres had some quality which is rabin loved and rabin had some quality which is peres loved and the two of them in unison contributed to the step forward. a big step forward in the '90s. >> do you get up in the morning and write before breakfast? >> i'm an early riser i beginy day by taking a brisk walk in the desert. i love in a small town in southern israel. >> rose: that's where you moved because your son wass a mat snick >> that's right. so i take a morning walk in the desert and it helps me knock everything into propulsion. >> rose: how does it do that? >> what's important and not important. when i come back to the desert and turn on the radio and hear a politician saying "forever" or "never" or for eternity, i know storms in the desert are laughing at him. >> rose: (laughs) yes, they are. saying "we've been here a long time." >> yes, so then i drink a cup of coffee and i say to myself... i start asking myself what if i were him, what if i were her that's what i do for a living. >> rose: "what if i were him. what if i were her?" what would i think, do? >> love. what would i feel wh

and the result was the association of rabin so you know. if there was no settlements occupation the police should not. everything is the only tool palestinians will most likely end up appealing to the united nations general assembly for statehood is this a good thing for israel of course it's good because what we don't understand. maybe we will understand. the international way because we keep saying that is the. most the reason we can. if most of the countries of the world. forward palestine i don't think we can ignore you. and i think it will show a direct action of justice do you think this way the prime minister benjamin netanyahu commitment to peace talks is genuine and will result in something if it would have been generally we would have been sitting together girl i didn't. i didn't. warn nobody knows what to really wants it's very clear that he doesn't want palestine and he doesn't want. evacuate settlements. is not a mineral for two state solution you mentioned the assassination of the former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin an

negotiations or something happening was doing or slow and the result was the association of rabin so you nowhere. if there was no settlements occupation the prevention of. everything is the only true rule palestinians will most likely end up leading to the united nations general assembly for statehood is this a good thing for israel of course it's good because what we don't understand the nature will worry maybe we will understand. the international way because we keep saying it is the from the cinnabon mozilla's of we. both the countries of the world racial. profiling. i don't think we really. i think it will show it direct action or justice do you think this way the prime minister benjamin netanyahu commitment to peace talks is genuine and will result in something if it would have been generally we would have been sitting together because i didn't. i don't know what he warns in all snooty really once it's really clear that he doesn't to morrow and if. he doesn't want to evacuate settlements. from this trial. is not the man or food. you mentioned the assassination of the former isra

food two state solution you mentioned the assassination of the former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabinand you have said that there are certain streets in jerusalem you're nervous to drive down and yet public rallies for example sometimes you require security guards are you concerned that they could be another assassination of a high profiled left wing israeli unfortunately no because we. will not concede. a majority that they can really take decisions so it's always sport. but i'm more concerned with the activities of the said against palestinians in our against. i feel this is really the danger that we will not be able to store it's killing stealing. to say how are seeing it's preventing them form a normal life in a world where the army and police are not only successful in a coping with food so my feel is always the next palestinian will be filled by jewish extremists more noise whaley's do not want to serve in the israeli army in one nine hundred eighty there was twelve point one percent who did not want to serve and the projections are that by twenty twenty they could be some forty

negotiations or something happening was doing or slaughter and the result was the assassination of rabin so you nowhere. if there was no settlements occupation the provision of. everything these you need to hold palestinians will most likely end up appealing to the united nations general assembly for statehood is a good thing for israel of course it's good because what we don't understand the neutral way maybe we will understand. the international way because we keep saying all the figures of. the number of miles in these we control. most of the country for very very. poor. i don't think we really know. and i think it will show a direct reaction of justice do you think israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu commitment to peace talks is genuine and will result in something if it would have been generally we would have been sitting to good will i do. i do working. really wants it's very clear that he doesn't and warned. if he doesn't want to evacuate settlements. from his tribe. is not the man or for two state solution you mentioned the assassination of the former israeli prime minister

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food to state solution you mentioned the assassination of the former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin and you have said that there are certain streets in jerusalem you're nervous to drive down and that public rallies for example sometimes you require security guards are you concerned that there could be another assassination of a high profile of the left wing israeli unfortunately no because it will not concede the. majority that can really take decisions so it's always possible but i'm more concerned with the cleavage use of the said close against palestinians and now against rubs in israel i think this is really the sure that we will not be able to stoke it's killing stealing it's up to we see how our seeing it's preventing them from a normal life in the. army and police are not really successful in a corporate food so my feeling is always the next palestinian be killed by the jewish extremists more noise ladies do not want to serve in the israeli army in one thousand nine hundred eighty they were twelve point one percent who do not want to serve and the projections are there are tw

in fact, under rabin, barak, sharon, olmert and netanyahu, israel has moved and lived again.it was eight years ago -- around an out of the broke with the so and parties passed and said, quote, it is in israel's interest not to govern the palestinians both are the palestinians to govern themselves in their own state. that was by the way new position for the united states as well. when i worked in the reagan and industry should under george shultz, we were firmly opposed the creation of a palestinian state. .. >> now, as ken stein has said, if you listen to the speech by, actually should not say president abbas, because the speaker of the u.n. was chairman of abbas. he was there as the representative of the plo. he said he came from the holy land. the whole land where jesus lived and from which mohamed ascended to heaven. no mention of other religious group that might've had a tie to that particular location. and, of course, his repeated references were references to 1948, not 1967 and 67 border. they are were no similar developments on the palestinian, developments towards the

you all may remember in '9 t 3 that photo of clinton looking on and beaming while rabin and arafat are shaking hands was a direct result of the first one. and what happened was that courts did not fulfill their objective. palestine, as we all know, is still in a state of contention. the second inti tad da, unfortunately, was much more violet. and it involved a lot of bombing, suicide bombings. however, in this there has been a strand that has been remarkably nonviolent against the israeli/palestine separation barrier which has been purposely, if i may say so, to encroach on palestinian land again and again. as a result, in a number of places in palestine these movements have sprang up, and be they have been so remarkably nonviolent. again, some stone throwing, but so nonviolent than jimmy carter, desmond tootoo, they've all demonstrated with them and shown the support. they've had splash of success. some of the land has been given back. there's an oscar-winning documentary out which deals with the village of pew deuce. oscar wing, it's not oscar winning, oscar nominated last year. and

left to the right and i shifted away from the view that my father held of those issues and post but rabin assassination i spent time to explore these personally i learned selling bridge and studied the whole time to open a business and contemplated after working at the white house and was nearly killed in a suicide bombing in jerusalem. all of these events together helped to shape a rethinking of my personal philosophy when it comes to israel to recognize these security from strength and light to loan. it has to come through a political process as well as strength and security. and israel itself will be much more secure when it has a qualitative military edge but none of those alone in my view would be sufficient. beyond the personal story, i take the book into the issues facing us today. as we create a street there is three sentral challenges to put into conference the first relates to the future of the state of israel itself of the president of the united states, barack obama said the path that israel is on today is unsustainable they cannot be the homeland of the jewish people and a de

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in 1979, rabin and king hussein met that standard. the crux is an authoritative representation on each side and that is lacking on the palestinian side. second, not much of a stretch to say every successful national and self-determination movement that succeeds has at some point had a situation where the pragmatists prevailed. was true in the case of ireland and israel and the confrontation between ben gurian and the al l altalena affair. it is a problem on the palestinian side. there was a confrontation in gaza in 2006. the tragedy is hamas prevailed over fatah and there's no doubt where hamas stand. they're not a partner to peace. they are committed not only to the destruction of israel but genocidal attitudes and views about jews. thirdly, there is a matter of palestinian strategy. defect that -- the fact that a abas has got to the united nations is not surprising. on the part of many arab states, the israeli/palestinian conflict in which they seek outsiders to impose an agreement that suits their interests rather than being willin

balk of vanderbilt, number 11 stevan rupner and number 12, rabin mann, please. >> good morning and thank you very much. my name is anita parlo with al parlo and associates you can find it at www.sustaintheglobe.com. thank you very much for allowing me to present briefly my thoughts regarding the administration's decision to approve or decline the permit that will allow the transcanada to build the 1700-mile tarzan pipeline, the keystone xl, that would traverse the american heartland stretching from alberta canada before reaching port arthur on the texas gulf coast. i a understand the concerns right now or whether this would be in the national interest, and i appreciate the national when interest in a variety of complex ways. given that the proposed pipeline would cross among other locations the indian country and the u.s., might i note the traditional native american theology would ask that its recent decision regarding land of the utilization of natural resources be made with consideration of potential impacts to seven generations yet to come. the core issue is whether it is in the inte

the nature of the rabin region of the weapons are considered -- the nature of the weapons are considered to be equipped for combat. a phrase that is in the resolution itself. even though they're not going to be engaging in combat, the fact that they are equipped for combat trigger the requirement to file a report to congress when they will be entering the territory of a foreign nation. i do not know if he has more on the legal aspects of that. i am not a lawyer. we can be a more detailed response for the record. >> we would appreciate it. we have some of our members that have many questions about the legal analysis of when the war powers act is triggered and what would constitute that. and your interpretation of it. >> we will do that. >> than on the scope, duration, and cost. or will the money becoming? >> i think that the clear goal for this advisory mission is to enhance the capacity of the regional forces so they can better protect their civilians and track down joseph kony and end the threat posed by the lra. we will be measuring success in a number of ways. we will see whether the

i'd like to start by turning the microphone over to rabin. >> thank you very much.f all, thank you to the texas book festival. i always wanted to come to austin i look forward to coming back. [applause] [laughter] today is an extraordinary day to discuss this panel. 28 years ago i lived in beirut and was awake and october 23, 1983 by a sender's explosion. the largest non-nuclear explosion anywhere on earth since world war ii. largest loss of u.s. military life in a single incident since you do much. it was the second suicide bombing against an american targets anywhere. 241 marines lost their lives that day but in contrast, today, an unprecedented number of two nations turned out at the first free fair democratic election in the history -- . [applause] with extraordinary enthusiasm and what this illustrates is the amazing transition what the region is undergoing as the world's most solid tile region the last holdout over the last 30 years with the end of apartheid and minority rule in africa and military dictatorship and the demise of communism with the soviet union

prime minister its got rid been and the king of jordan thought that president clinton -- itzak rabin thought that president clinton should be the mediator. there were several interim agreements and international summits and an immense amount of time invested. the president took off 13 days or the summit at camp david. that summit proved to be revealing. prime minister ehud barak agreed to a vast majority of the west bank and half of jerusalem -- he volunteered to divide his country's capital with people who had been at war with them for decades. in spite of all of that, arafat walked away from the deal. he refused to forfeit the demands for the return of millions of the descendants of refugees to israel. a demand which would have turned israel from a de facto jewish facto palestinian state. president bush was criticized for not pursuing peace. the negotiations were impossible when 1000 israelis were blowing -- being blown up by suicide bombers. we were thinking about how to defend ourselves and defend our country. bush set out the road map for peace. leading to the two state solution

the nature of the rabin region of the weapons are considered -- the nature of the weapons are considered to be equipped for combat. even though they're not going to be engaging in combat, the fact that they are equipped for combat trigger the requirement to file a report to congress when they will be entering the territory of a foreign nation. i do not know if he has more on the legal aspects of that. i am not a lawyer. we can be a more detailed response for the record. >> we would appreciate it. we have some of our members that have many questions about the legal analysis of when the war powers act is triggered and what would constitute that. and your interpretation of it. >> we will do that. >> than on the scope, duration, and cost. >> i think that the clear goal for this advisory mission is to enhance the capacity of the regional forces so they can better protect their civilians and track down joseph kony and end the threat posed by the lra. we will be measuring success in a number of ways. we will see whether the regional forces are able to successfully apprehends lra commanders on t

himself back in the game through the oslo process and the secret negotiations with prime minister rabin, that occurred and i don't think there's any direct application to -- our approach toward the palestinian issue today but i think there are instructive things we can learn including that perhaps the most important role of the united states -- while it's important and i think essentially on the peace process i don't buy any nonsense that the palestinian gambit in new york signals the end of the peace process i think it's true now as it was 20 years that the door to real peace and a real settlement in the middle east only goes through israel. and because it goes through israel, it only goes through the united states as the essentially guarantor of that process and the guarantor of israel's security and israel's ability to take risk for peace. but beyond that, i think the real critical function that united states and the very helpful role it can play is shaping a strategic environment in which the parties either feel that they can take risk for piece or that they have no other choice but

rabin's goal was to slow down the radicalization of the west bank. he said this quite clearly in a speech he gave to the abner. coded in his book on the prime ministers that came out this summer. he wanted to embrace the secular national movement of the palestinian organization. arafat's group, he did not enjoy the handshake on the white house lawn. the accords allowed the plo to continue their dual-track approach of building institution, receiving funds from the top down, characterizing israel in its negative terms and i think what is most evident is now we have two elements of the plo, one called hamas and one called the pa. both of them once resided inside arafat. now they reside intellectually, idealogically and geographically separate. . . >> as someone said to me in the 1980s, maybe we're giving a lot of gas in neutral, and they may be what we're doing. the third point, the second point i want to make is why can't it work today? why can't it work the way it did in the 1970s? it can't today because in the 1970s, we had leaders who wanted to make