it's not just a question the amount of land available in the west bank. it's whether the land can be connected. or it's broken up int parcels like swiss cheese that could never constitute a real state. the more the outposts are built, the more theexpand, the less possible it is to create a contiguous state. the settlement is not just the land it is on, it's also what the location does to the movement of people. what it does to the ability of a road to connect people. one community to another. what it does to the sense of statehood. that is chipped away with each new construction. no one thinking seriously about peace can ignore the reality of what the settlements pose to that peace. but the problem obviously goes well beyond settlements. trends indicate a comprehensive effort to take the west bank land for israel and prevent any palestinian development there. today, the 60% of the west bank known as area c, much of which was supposed to be transferred to palestinian control long ago under the oslo accords, much of it is effectively off limits to palestini

now, at the same time, we have to be clear about what is happening in the west bank. the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution but his current coalition is the most right wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. the result is that policies of this government which the prime minister himself just described has more committed to settlements than any in israel's history, are leaning in the opposite direction. they are leaning towards one state. in fact, israel is increasingly consolidated control over much of the west bank for its own purposes, effectively reversing the transitions to greater palestinian civil authority that were called for by the oslo accords. i don't think most people in israel, certainly in the world, have any idea how broad and systematic the process has become, but the facts speak for themselves. the number of settlers in the roughly 130 israeli settlements each of the 1967 lines has steadily grown. the settler population in the west bank alone, not including east jerusalem, has increased by

now, at the same time we have to be careful about what is happening in the west bank.israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. the result is that policies of this government which the prime minister himself just described has more more commit today settlement than any in israel's history, our leading in the opposite direction, they're leading towards one state. in fact, israel has increasingly consolidated control over much of the west bank for its own purposes. effectively reversing the transitions to greater palestinian civil authority that were called for by the accords. i don't think most people in israel and certainly in the world have any idea how broad and systematic the process has become. but the facts speak for themselves. the number of settlers in the roughly 130 israeli settlement east of the 1967 lines has steadily ground. the settler population in the west bank alone not including east jerusalem has increased by near

now at the same time, we have to be clear about what is happening in the west bank. the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two state solution. but his current coalition is the most right wing in is really -- in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. the result is that policies of this government, which the prime minister just described as more committed to settlements than any in israel's history are leading in the opposite direction. they are leading towards one state. in fact, israel has increasingly consolidated control over much of the west bank for its own purposes, effectively reversing the transitions to greater civil -- palestinian civil authority that were called for by the oslo accords. i don't think most people in israel and certainly in the world have any idea how broad and systematic the process has become. but facts speak for themselves. the number of settlers in the roughly 130 israeli settlements east of the 1967 lines has steadily grown. the settler population in the west bank alone, not including east jerusalem,

trends indicate a comprehensive effort to take the west bank land for israel. and prevent any palestinian development there. today, the 60% of the west bank known as area c, much of which was supposed to be transferred to palestinian control long ago under the's lower courts, much -- the oslo accords much of it , is effectively off-limits to palestinian development. most today has essentially been taken for exclusive use by israel, simply by unilaterally designating it as state land or including it within the jurisdiction of regional settlement councils. israeli farms flourish in the jordan river valley, and israeli resorts the shores of the dead sea. a lot of people do not realize this. they line the shore of the dead sea where palestinian development is not allowed. in fact, almost no private palestinian building is approved in area c at all. only one permit was issued by israel in all of 2014 and 2015. while approvals for hundreds of settlement units were advanced during the same time. moreover, palestinian structures in area c that do not have a permit from

west bank and east jerusalem. now, earlier today, there was supposed to be a vote in jerusalem on approving more settlements. there's a report that netanyahu, president netanyahu, said wait a minute, let's hold off on the vote now that kerry is speaking and not move too quickly and just in the past hour, craig, this commission, building commission, actually went forward and approved at least one of these settlements. a three-story building in a p predominantly palestinian neighborhood in east jerusalem. it's moves like this which sort of rub salt in the wounds of the palestinians. also, fire up netanyahu's base. and just add fuel to the fire. yet to be seen what will happen with the rest of the vote though. some 400 homes were supposed to be -- expected to be approved by that commission today. now that is on hold. the next move, the ball, as you would say, is in secretary kerry's court. everyone in israel sort of waiting to see what the secretary of state will say, craig. >> all right, thank you. i'm joined by nbc

they can exercise it in the palestinian state in gaza or in the autonomy in the west bank. that's up to them. they have voting rights like any other person in the world. i profoundly disagree with this it stark vision of secretary kerry. we're the ones fighting, out there fighting for the defense of the free world, and within smaller israel, it's quite the contrary. we have supreme court judges that are arabs. members of our parliament that are arabs. so the only free democracy in the middle east is, in fact, israel, and sort of abandoning israel while we're out there fighting isis and hamas and hezbollah is simply wrong. >> your government says that israel has "ironclad information" proving that the obama administration orchestrated the u.n. security council vote and that you will turn it over to the trump administration. that seems odd. why not just present it to the public? it's a rather stark charge to make, especially consideringed obama administration disputes it? >> well, we know that it's a premeditated plan, but you know, the bonds between the american people who s

. >> tonight the un security council eats to consider a resolution on israeli settlements in the west bank. after that, russian president holds a news conference in moscow where he is asked about topics, occluding the u.s. election and the war in syria. on friday, the un security council passed a resolution that calls for an end to israeli settlements in the west bank. the u.s. was the only country to abstain from the vote, while the rest of the council voted in favor. forward by new zealand, malaysia, venezuela, and senegal, is the first on israel to be adopted in nearly eight years.

now, at the same time, we have to be clear about what is happening in the west bank. the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two state solution. but his current coalition is the most right-wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. the result is that policies of this government, which the prime minister himself just described as more committed to settlements than any in israel's history, are leading in the opposite direction. they are leading towards one state. in fact, israel has increasingly consolidated control over much of the west bank for its own purposes effectively reversing , the transitions to greater palestinian civil authority that lowcalled for by the author accords. oslo i don't think most people in israel and certainly the world have any idea how broad and systematic the process has become. but facts speak for themselves. the number of settlers in the roughly 130 israeli settlements east of the 1967 lines has steadily grown. the settler population in the west bank alone, not including east jerusalem, has increased

we oppose the settlements on the west bank.re two options ultimately in that part of the world. one is the two-state solution where you have two sovereign nations living side by side hopefully in peace. the one-state solution which is what the designation and what donald trump is leaning towards where you have a zionist state and the nomads, basically palestinians with nowhere to go. or they live in under the supervision and policing of the israelis in the state of israel. that is a recipe for the demise of israel. arabs will dominate that if it's one country. they will dominate in a couple of generations. i think what president obama has done to maintain u.s. policy for a long time is to say what are the u.s.'s interests? one is in a free and safe israel because they are an ally and important democracy and the other is a stable and peaceful middle east. as he concluded as every other president that the only way you get a stable and peaceful middle east is if you have a two-state solution. >> i want to play to george mitchell a

the white house says the number of settlers in the west bank has grown by 100,000 since the beginningrry made clear he gave the speech now because he fears that both netanyahu and the incoming trump administration could reject the two-state solution. prime minister netanyahu had a blistering response. >> israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. >> it is not israeli settlements that are blocking the road to peace he said it is the palestinians. >> how can you make peace with some one who rejects your very existence? >> in a statement atop palestinian official responded the minute the israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities the palestinian leadership stands ready to resume permanent status negotiations leading to palestinian and israel living in peace and security side by side. >>> the obama administration is expected to against moscow for interfering in the recent presidential election. the moves come as president elect trump made two more staff appointments. he named cybersecurity expert thomas bossert has homeland secu

this is building deep inside the west bank. i think part of what we're trying to do is bring more attention on that and have people like you reporting on that. this is changing the facts on the ground and making a two-state solution nothing more than a talking point. >> i hear what you're saying, but you still didn't, respectfully, answer the question which is, voters out there, american citizens out there, might think on one hand you have people building homes and you're calling them illegal and detrimental to the peace process, but it's construction. ultimately people can leave houses. on the other hand you have people killing people and that's just final. and that there seems to be a moral equivalence argument being made that might rub a lot of people the wrong way and confuse them. >> there is no moral equivalence. there is no justification tore terrorism. no settlement construction should ever justify terrorism or incitement to terrorism. there is no question on that. secretary kerry made that clear today. the fact of the

who stabbed him to death did not come from this arab neighborhood, he came from somewhere in the west bankr from the east bank. but the fact that he was stabbed by an arab or the people who live here, they couldn't care less if the arab is yellow, green, comes from africa. for them an arab is an arab. in september 2000 the palestinians started to shoot through the jewish neighborhoods, and the authorities had to protect the kindergarten over here, and they put up this wall put up by the neighborhood council. but nevertheless, it's quite ugly. but if they shoot from the other side toward the kindergarten, what other measure you can take in order to protect the children? >> before returning home we went to visit a palestinian farmer whose life was devastated when half of his land was taken by the israeli army to accommodate the bending of the wall. -- the building of the wall. >> the majority of his land and the better part of his land is beyond that fence. all these walls he built by breaking this sporn land with his wife and his children and all his hard work is gone. he cannot go down and

. >> he is the former president of one west bank, the chairman, sorry of one west bank, he oversaw a whole bunch of foreclosures, there's wilbur ross who just got appointed as commerce secretary who is like even richer than both of them combined who is a corporate raider. they make money by firing people, not by hiring people. this is the classic example of capital -- making money at the expense of labor. >> that's exactly right. in some ways when you look at the 2012 campaign versus 2016, trump was able to get hillary clinton on the wrong side of the mitt romney, barack obama divide, right, where she weirdly played the role of mitt romney, she was the correct person who had all the dodgy deals and was connected to plutocrats and i'm the populist standing up for you. when you look at mnuchin and wilbur ross, these are the 1% plutocrats that we associate with the sort of backbone of the republican party at this level. >> right. this is the boss man. he is filling his cabinet with exactly the davos man who he was running against on the campaign trail. it's so shameless to almost be adm

a point of contention in the west bank is the small outpost. after a supreme court decision residents are facing eviction and as ian lee report, the settlers are unwilling to leave. >> within days, life could change dramatically for the settlers here. the israeli high court ordered this illegal west bank outpost demolished. she spent almost 15 years here raising her children. >> there are 200 children living here. you know how devastated children are being torn from their homes having their lives destroyed. >> a few hundred people call this home raising families, working the land. the biblical book of joshua as her land deed. >> time to declare the lands belong to us. time to say enough. no jewish settlement should be evacuated. no child has to lose his life and his home and friends for nothing. for nothing. >> the government tried to remove the settlers ten years ago. the violent clashes left the nation traumatized. >> this is all that is left from that day, some twisted rebar and concrete. as for the settlers living here. they didn't have to

there are currently about 11,000 demolition orders for homes in the west bank. in the west bank 60% is area c, under oslo is supposed to be turned over to administrative palestinians. effectively 70% of that 60% is exclusively reserved by the state of israel. it fits into a combination of six regional boundaries and a bunch of municipal boundaries that extend well outside of the settlement housing itself so that jurisdictionally the palestinians can't build anything. 2015 there was one permit issued to the palestinians to build an area c. tell me, how does this work? have you have one state that will be jewish and democratic and resolve the issue of israel's security? mr. goldberg: let me step back and ask you a basic question. why does this even matter from an american national security perspective? you have a situation in which half the middle east is disintegrating. that cataclysm in syria, near cataclysm in iraq, libya and failed states, arguments that are vicious and violent. no one believes the israel-palestine conflict is at the root of the middle east pr

our middle east analyst, alanjohnston west bank.ur middle east analyst, alan johnston told me west bank. our middle east analyst, alanjohnston told me that mr netanyahu's action alanjohnston told me that mr neta nyahu's action shows alanjohnston told me that mr netanyahu's action shows his frustration with the security council. it looks as if a number of ambassadors in israel did not quite have the kind of christmas day that they might have been planning. as you say, a great string of them were called into the foreign ministry, some into the foreign ministry on the orders of prime minister netanyahu the orders of prime minister neta nyahu and each the orders of prime minister netanyahu and each of them, the british, french, russians, chinese, spanish and egyptians and others will have been left in no doubt at all as to israel's deep frustration with what happened on friday night. the passing of that un resolution which strongly condemned the whole israeli settlement building project in the occupied territories, describing it as a fl

that's a nonstarter politically in the west bank. that said though, the fact kerry coupled some of these challenging parameters with a protracted israel means the argument he made, the pitch that he laid out might have more appeal to members of both communities than, for instance, the pitch coming from trump and his team. >> kerry had some harsh words for the political coalition that has kept palestinians in israel. >> the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state coalition. but his current coalition is the most right wing in israeli his write the an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. >> this has been just a sort of assumed thing. when people talk about the middle east that ultimately there will be two states. israel and a palestine. that stal stein will be most of the west bank, gaza. this is where it is ultimately headed. a generation later, after this was codified, not the reality right now. is this still a plausible end game here? >> i guess so. you could say there is a flicker of hope. it is on the ground. wh

it has to happen with the assurance you are not turning the west bank into gaza. are there ways to give that assurance is? you better believe there are. we had any number of very complicated and very detailed ways in which the egyptians, the jordanians, the americans, the israelis and the palestinians would work together with respect to border, security. we have a development procedure by which you can have israeli soldiers on the north end of the jordan river valley and in the south you have the moving within six minutes by helicopter to any possible disturbance on the border. you have all kinds of ways joint troops, joint operations developed over x number of years. x to be determined by the israelis and palestinians. we have never suggested anything that imposes on them a solution. we had only said israel has to be able to defend itself, by itself, and we said we must empower israel to be able to have the security needs fully and totally met. i believe that is not up to us to find -- defined, it is up for them to define. a demilitarized entity with carefully de

ian lee, cnn, the west bank. >>> as venezuela's economic woes deepen and inflation skyrockets, its presidentf on an earlier move to pull a popular bank note from circulation. nicolas maduro announced 100 bolivar notes would be discontinued continued with the aim of fighting mafias he claims were hoarding them. protests erupted when the currency set to replace the bill failed to reach many banks and atms by last thursday's deadline. as the demonstrations continue, mr. maduro now says the old bills are good until january 2nd. he blames the crisis on a global conspiracy. >> translator: we are being victimized by an international sabotage, so the new bills that are already ready can't be transferred to venezuela. i denounce it. i personally have been on it at night, in the afternoon, at dawn, on all the details and i appreciate the immense majority of the venezuelan people. i ask for support from everyone. i do so in the interest of the whole nation of our economy. >> "cnn newsroom" will be right back. you can download then watcr dvr'ed shows anywhere. that makes you more powerful than your gene

two state solution and is himself even financially supported israeli settlement building in the west bankjust to the edge of bethlehem, to give us a sense that even here it is possible to view one of the settlements, you can see the jewish settlement in the west bank just outside bethlehem. this is one of the largest settlements in the area. in total, there are about 600,000 jewish settlements who live in the west bank, including in eastjerusalem. that has expanded by about a third in the last decade. it is seen as illegal under international law, but as we know, israel disagrees strongly with that. the actress, carrie fisher, is in intensive care — after a suspected heart attack on a flight from london to la. rail passengers face delays, diversions and cancellations as work we know that carrie fisher is in intensive care. her brother was quoted as saying that she is in a sta ble quoted as saying that she is in a stable position. that sounded more optimistic bucky clarified to say that he was uncertain what kind of condition she was in, other than she was receiving treatment in intensive

bay area companies do a lot of business in the west bank and east jerusalem. kpix 5 reporter sharon chin joins us now from the newsroom to tell us what kind of backlash those companies might face. >> reporter: with the passage of the u.n. resolution, bay area companies working in the west bank find themselves smack in the middle of the controversy. what do they do now? the united nations vote to condemn israeli settlements in the palestinian west bank could make some american companies think twice about doing business there. ellen hopes so. she is from the bay area chapter of jewish voice for peace. >> one good thing about the rest solution it does put pressure on these companies who profess to have, you know, policies of democracy, um, social justice, it puts them on the spot because what they're doing in palestine is not, um, in line with those principles. >> reporter: jewish voice for peace has led boycotts against hewlett-packard which develops the id card israelis use at the west bank checkpoint. ellen also supported petition drives against san jose's pay

that in the 1993 there were 110,000 settlers in the west bank. today, there are 385,500 or so. there is about 90,000 settlers living outside the barrier and the barrier i want to remind everybody here was established by israel. that's aligned with john by israel. it's a reflection of the security line. outside of that line drawn by israel there are now 90,000 israelis living in these patchworks of settlements. there are 129 settlements. there are about 100 outposts and outposts as you all know are illegal. but tomorrow night there'll be a photo believe in israel which will decide whether or not 54 of those illegal outposts will be legalized. that is in addition to some 31 that have already been either in the legalization process or legalized. i believe 19 have been legalized, 12 are in the process so you were looking at 85 out of 100 that are about to be legalized. now, these outposts began as one building, two buildings and then they become a scattering of 10 or 15 and then they become a settlement. and what is really concerning about what is about to happen is many of these o

as i said, 60% of the west bank is area "c." effectively, 70% of that 60% is reserved by the state of israel that fits into six regional boundaries and a bunch of municipal boundaries that extend way outside of the settlement housing itself. so that jurisdictionally, the palestinians can't build anything. in 2014, 2015, ladies and gentlemen, there was one permit issued to the palestinians to build in area "c." so tell me how does this work? how do you have one state that is going to be jewish and democratic and resolve the issue of israel's security? >> let me step back and ask you a very, very basic question, which is, why does this even matter from an american national security perspective? you have a situation which half of the middle east is dissen at the grating. you have a cataclysm in syria, near in iraq, sunni shia arguments that are vicious and violent. no one believes na the israel/palestine conflict is at the root of the middle east problems anymore. the question to you is, was it worth in retrospect spending 130 hour

kerri recalling this ordinary people visiting to the west bank. cal perry is back on the board again for viewers and listeners. you are an expert of this because you live in this part of the country early on in your career. what is life on the ground like and this two-state solution that we have been talking about so much. >> you heard john kerry talking about the check point and this is the check point outside of beth bethelhem. a two-state solution is this and palestine and israel and here. the area that i am going show you this is this area right here. the crazy map that i am about to open is this square. that's right here. >> so i will give you an example of what john kerry was talking about. i used to live in bethlehem point he could drive but she could mott. she would have to get out and walk all the way from there. that's what john kerry is talking about of their everyday life. this is why they put the separation barrier here. that's the giant wall that we see and many people viewing these settlements as the front line in that war. >> and l

policy that the west bank would eventually become part of a palestinian state, right next to israel, the so-called two-state solution. >> despite our best efforts over the years, the two-state solution is now in serious jeopardy. >> reporter: that, kerry said, is because the israeli government, under the leadership of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, has allowed settlement building to continue. the white house says the number 00 settlers in the west bank has grown by 100,000 since the beginning of the obama administration. kerry made clear he gave the speech now because he fears that both netanyahu and the incoming trump administration could reject the two-state solution. prime minister netanyahu had a blistering response. >> israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. >> reporter: it is not israeli settlements that are blocking the road to peace, he said. it's the palestinians. >> how can you make peace with someone who rejects your very existence? it's a shame that secretary kerry does not see this simple truth. >> reporter: in a statemen

resolution condemning settlements in east jerusalem and the west bank.s as tension worsens between israel and the united states. joining me now is david keyes, the spokesperson for prime minister benjamin netanyahu. thanks for being with us, david. >> thanks for having me. >> last night on this network, you said there is iron-clad information from sources in the arab world and sinternationally that there was essentially collusion between the u.s. government, the obama administration, and those other members of the u.n. who voted on that resolution that the u.s. abstained on. you say this is the working of the united states. what is that evidence? >> well, that evidence is going to be presented to the new administration through the proper channels, and they can choose to share that if they'd like. i can tell you that i myself have seen the information, and i know beyond a shadow of a doubt that information exists and what it shows is that the obama administration helped craft and push and lobby for this united nations security council resolution, which is

the moratorium because done in the west banks, but did not include settlements. remember when secretary clinton i asked to the moratorium to be extended, and the israeli prime minister refused. so i was in those meetings. i don't believe ron dermer was in those meetings. >> let me ask you this. there's been a lot made that there's been a campaign promise of donald trump to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. i don't think a lot of folks in the audience know exactly why that's important from your side. can you explain that? >> jerusalem is important to arabs, muslims, christians around the world. it is a city that is important to all these religions and all these peoples. any more to give one party, monopoly over such an important city is going to escalate tension in the region. i strongly believe the next administration will be wise enough to understand that jerusalem is going to be a sensitive issue, must be negotiated between the two parties, and no u.n. later-- unilateral action should be taken. >> you need to share jet stream among the sides because of its ti

there has been a rash of stabbings and murders in the west bank. i'm sure if you asked the israelis they will come up with a list of palestinian incursions -- sanders is probably right. i'm not arguing that and i think that practice is horrific and has to be stopped. but then there is some list of israeli publications, especially the border closings. not just the inconvenience to palestinians but literally locking them from coming to israel, blocking them from jobs. some of the tax rebates, this kind of stuff. and, of course, the israelis will say that in response to what they did, and the palestinians was a vessel we're doing is in response to what they did. but it almost sounds like the united states congress where it's better for election reasons to blame the other side for not solving the problem, which both parties do. that is my opinion. rather than work with the other side. because if you do and you in negotiation and you are bipartisan, someone will run against you in a primary, in both parties. and so the political value politically is and

over west bank settlements.h 25 days left in the obama presidency, netanyahu is saying he eagerly anticipating working with his friend, president-elect trump, while ratcheting up the rhetoric against obama. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: at a cabinet meeting, benjamin netanyahu made a startling allegation, that the u.s. secretly led the u.n. to admonish israel for its settlements in the west bank. >> as i told john kerry thursday, friends don't take friends to the security council. >> reporter: friday the u.s. declined to block the resolution with its veto and chose not to vote. netanyahu said we have no doubt the obama administration initiated it, stood behind it, coordinated on the wording, and demanded it be past. netanyahu vented, calling them in on christmas day and sent a very loud signal looking past the obama presidency. >> prime minister netanyahu is looking forward to working with president-elect trump in our request for peace and to further the relationship between israel and the united s

for the first time, it would apply israeli domestic law to the west bank, rather than military law, whichhe palestinian liberation organization joins us now from ramallah in the west bank. first of all, your reaction to the words ofjohn kerry. i felt they we re words ofjohn kerry. i felt they were sincere and impassioned and an attempt to rescue the two state solution. he spoke of his love for the state of israel and his defence of zionism at putting the record straight in terms of the things the obama administration has done in order to advance israeli security and interests. in many ways, it is starting to explain the vote, which is in no way an unusual vote or abstention, given their long history of presidents since president reagan that have voted against settlements. then he put forward a few principles he thought should guy dissolution in order to rescue the two state solution. most of these principles very frankly are in support of israel, but we think that any solution should be based on international law and justice. he did also have words of criticism for the palestinians. he co

abstained on a resolution condemning israeli settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem instead of using its veto power as the obama administration has done every other time. but kerry rejected the israeli's claim of some kind of secret collusion to craft the kroet. >> we also strongly reject the notion that somehow the united states was the driving force behind this resolution. the egyptians and palestinians had long made clear to all of us, to all of the international community their intention to bring a resolution to a vote before the end of the year and we communicated that to the israelis and they knew it anyway. the united states did not draft or originate this resolution nor did we put it forward. >> let's go to cnn's oren lieberman live in jerusalem. before we get to kerry's speech, talk us a netanyahu's reaction here. >> well, it was a measured reaction but one i think we could have expected. we heard his response to the u.n. security council resolution, his response to this wasn't that different. i want to point out he spoke much longer in english than hebrew and that

security council condemnation of israel's west bank settlements, mr. trump has announced a new international negotiator. jason greenblatt a business lawyer with mr. trump for 20 years was also a campaign adviser on israel. the president-elect said greenblatt has a rift of negotiating substantial complex transactions on my behalf. something that may appeal to republicans like lindsey graham. >> i'm very encouraged that under president trump, israel is going to get a better deal. >> reporter: mr. trump has said he supports more settlement construction and his choice for u.s. ambassador to israel is also a staunch supporter. julianna goldman, cbs news, washington. >> president-elect trump is once again on twitter blasting president obama. earlier, he tweeted, quote, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o statements and roadblocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition -- not! the two have been on shaky ground ever since the president said he would have beaten trump if he ran against him. some think it was in reference to pre

some of them are far into the west bank so that if they were to be legal it would be a much harder thing to reach a deal on territory, one of your four pillars of a final deal. i don't know if that succeeds, if that succeeds, if that succeeds doesn't this all get worse? and what it does the nine states do? i don't know what president trump would do. but if that happened tomorrow morning what should president obama do? >> guest: it's a complicated issue and it would be a serious setback, there are corresponding actions on the other side so this isn't just one or the other. >> host: this is just the latest thing happening. >> guest: the difficulty is from the government standpoint the land of the west bank is divided into different categories and they have permitted and encouraged and assisted settlement construction on so-called state land which is not owned by private palestinian certain citizens. which you called the illegal settlements or outposts relatively small in size and the beginning which are on private palestinian homeland and it would be a new chapter, a new step, a new policy

right now israel needs to have a security presence in the west bank to protect itself.or palestinians to say they won't negotiate until the security presence disappears that's untenable. israel can defend and protect itself and the palestinians should right now start negotiating directly with israel. the fact they haven't is also a major impediment to peace. >> congressman, i want to talk about russia. those are the headlines coming out of the interview with john kerry and andrea mitchell. here's what he told my colleague this hour. listen. >> i don't want to speculate on what the president may or may not do. all of the cyber attacks taking place, but particularly the russian one had a profound impact on our system, on our political process. >> congressman, what do you know about sanctions or punishment coming to russia because of the involvement in the elections and will the sanctions stay in place under president-elect trump? >> i don't know more than you do except that the obama administration is committed to respond to this with economic sanctions, with some sort of

the palestinian demand to evict every jew from the west bank certainly doesn't bring peace any closer together. so my ardent hope is that the two parties can come and sit together and work together for mutual recognition to live in peace and harmony with one another. that's israel's position. willing to recognize a palestinian state and all we ask in return is that our very right to exist is recognized as well and that that state doesn't become a bastion of isis or hamas that will continue to threaten israel. >> and if the u.s. does end up abstaining and letting this resolution go through, what would be the israeli reaction to that? >> well, i certainly hope it doesn't happen. and i hope that president obama doesn't abandon his very eloquent words and his commitment back in 2011 not to support any anti-israel resolutions, not to support any resolutions that attempt to impose peace, but instead will work to bring the parties together so that at long last we can sit together and forge a lasting peace as israel has done with egypt as israel has done with jordan. there's nothing that we w

both sides committed to a plan to transition much of the west bank and gaza to palestinian control during permanent status negotiations that woput an end to their conflict. unfortunately neither the transition nor the final agreement came about. both sides bear responsibility for that. finally, some 15 years ago, king abdullah of saudi arabia came out with a historic arab peace initiative which offered fully normalized peace relations with israel when it made peace. an enormous opportunity then and now which has never been fully embraced. that history was critical to our approach to try to find a way to resolve the conflict. based on my experience with both sides over the last four years including nine months of formal negotiations, the core issues can be resolved if there is leadership on both sides committed to finding a solution. in the end, i believe the negotiations didn't fail because the gaps were too wide but because the level of trust was too low. both sides were concerned that any concessions would not be reciprocated and would come at too great a political cost and the deep pub

more homes for israeli jews on the west bank. s on the very territory that palestinians hope will be the site of their future homeland, creating a flash-point for both sides. there are only two roads into this settlement and this is one of them. both of them are guarded with guard shacks, cameras, fences. the israelis live here. the palestinians live on that hillside. it's just one of the settlements now at issue. in palestinian areas taken by israel after their victory in the 1967 war. jewish settlements have been growing there rapidly, more than 12,000 homes in the last eight years. more than 100,000 settlers moving in. now more than 500,000 settlers currently living there. israel says settlements like this are necessary for its security. palestinians call them a land grab. we spoke to both sides here tonight. and one thing we found in common -- no one we spoke to is optimistic about peace right now. tamron? >> kelly cobiella, thank you. >>> to new concerns over the transition of power at the white house. late today president-e

we cross from jerusalem, into the west bank. also called judea and samaria, also called palestine.ince 1967, half a million settlers have moved here. all in contravention of international law. many in contravention of israeli law, though in effect, it seems to make little difference. they're here, and in ever larger numbers. this is noam, one of our drivers from tel aviv, who i asked about the graffiti on this house near the settlements. >> anthony: so, what is price tagging? >> noam: if something happens in the settlement or some attack towards jews, kids from the settlements would come and have a price tag for every activity. so they'll come to a palestinian village like this and they will destroy cars. they will write on walls like this. it says, "against arabs, the state of israel is alive and death to the arabs." >> anthony: intimidating. i mean you put what, two targets on my house, i'm moving. >> anthony: this is eli, a settlement with a population of over 3,000. relatively isolated from the rest of israel. amind cohen is the chief executive of the eli settlement and its for

in east jerusalem and the occupied west bank.is coming from the united nation which in the reality is -- this is a landmark moments certainly not just for the united nation which rarely agrees on anything that the palestinians and israelis are related. >> this is also a landmark moment for the obama administration, and their policy towards settlements. the obama administration has viewed settlements as a major to impediment to peace and to the israeli and palestinians. there was some question as to whether or not late today that would still happen. again, the u.s. obtaining from this, this was an egyptian proposal that they put forward. yesterday, they took that proposal off the table and many people thinking because of that tweet from donald trump, we are standing by to hear it. likely, he will have something to say today. >> cal, we'll stay on top of it. coming up in the case, donald trump signaling a big trip ahead of u.s. policy nuclear weapons. he did it on twitter and he challenging the position of president obama who still

. >> tonight the un security council eats to consider a resolution on israeli settlements in the west bank. after that, russian president holds a news conference in moscow where he is asked about topics, occluding the u.s. election and the war in syria. on friday, the un security council passed a resolution that calls for an end to israeli settlements in the west bank. the u.s. was the only country to abstain from the vote, while the rest of the council voted in favor. forward by new zealand, malaysia, venezuela, and senegal, is the first on israel to be adopted in nearly eight years. >> good afternoon. the meeting is called to order. the agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representative of israel to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. i propose the council invite the permit observer to participate in a meeting in accordance to the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard. there

i have jewish friends, who live in the west bank.ankly a racist claim to suggest that palestinians would inherently kill jews. >> not if you read the newspapers. >> some commit terrorism and many don't. >> peter beinart, to my question, does there need to be more from the palestinian leaders in terms of condemning the violence? >> absolutely. >> look, i think that was for me. >> one thing they could do -- >> ambassador, let's let people beinart answer that. >> let him finish his thought, ambassador. >> actually, again, mahmoud abbas has again and again accepted israel's right to exist and land swaps in the west bank, too. tremendous problem. >> then when any possibility comes up such as the clinton parameters. such as the clinton parameters back in the last days of the clinton administration, which was a compromise. it was tough from israel's point of view, but the knesset accepted it but the palestinians would not. that was the last time we had a real chance for a two-state solution. israel accepted it. the palestinians didn't and t