policies particularly when it came to these really palestinian conflict. said what he said in the last speech for. most of the palestinians feel frustrated. and also i was even with the. media. also. he goes. by the result be a legendary speech but president obama is facing pressure from votes the international community that has long been suggesting the two state solution and the nine hundred sixty seven border lies as part of the solution and it's a lie it's really we find that proposal unrealistic president obama's attempts to please both the international community and this will seem to have resulted in yet another nonstarter in the middle east peace process i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. and of course the implications of this annual conference are enormous every year but this year in particular with the arab spring and also recent new partnerships in the middle east and an overall change in mood there is so much that can be said about all of this and certainly there are some strong opinions on all sides more earlier i spoke

. >> israel will not negotiate with a palestinian government backed by the palestinian version of al qaeda. that we will not do. [applause] so i say to president abbas, tear up your pact with hamas. sit down and negotiate. [applause] make peace with a jewish state. and if you do, i promise you this. israel will not be the last country to welcome a palestinian state as new member of united nations. it will be the first to do so. [ applause ] >> joining me is bret stephens the foreign affairs columnist of the "wall street journal" from washington, aluf benn, editor at large and "haaretz" and walter russell mead james clark chase professor of foreign affairs and editor at large for "the american interest" magazine. jeffrey goldberg national coespondent for "the atlantic" i'm pleased to have them here. i bee begin with aluf, what did the prime minister do, having completed speech seen the response to it. >> what the prime minister intended to do was reassert his leadersh. only fivor six months ago he was bordering irrelevant in -- he was attacked from all sides. he had no clear message,

israel's concerned about attacks by palestinian militants. german opposition politician thinks that berlin should keep an open mind dealing with a united palestinian leaderships. >> if a unity government consisting of hamas and fatah is ready to renounce violence and negotiate a cease-fire, there is a chance to negotiate about how to state coalition to be achieved. if hamas would accept that, it would indirectly except israel. >> but german chancellor angela merkel made it clear in her last meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in april that berlin would only take knowledge a palestinian state if it intern recognized israel. -- if it, in turn, recognized israel. >> they are in favor of a two- stage solution, and that is why any one-sided recognition does not contribute to this goal, which i consider to be indispensable. >> but the recent uprisings and the arab world have changed the region and could give fresh battista the mideast peace process. it remains to be seen in which direction. bridget it could give fresh impetus to

the palestinians said no. in recent years, the palestinians twice refused generous offers by israeli prime ministers to establish a palestinian state on virtually all the territory won by israel in the six-day war. they were simply unwilling to end the conflict. and i regret to say this. they continue to educate their children to hate, they continue to name public squares after terrorists. and worst of all, they continue to perpetuate the fantasy that israel will one day be flooded by the descendents of palestinian refugees. my friends, this must come to an end. president abbas must do what i have done. i stood before my people, and i told you, it wasn't easy for me. i stood before my people, and i said, i will accept a palestinian state. it's time for president abbas to stand before his people and say, i will accept a jewish state. those six words will change history. they'll make it clear to the palestinians that this conflict must come to an end. that they're not building a palestinian state to continue the

the war in the middle east moves from the front line into online palestinians and israelis clash over facts on the computer. time after some hot tempered debate over the ongoing palestinian israeli conflict with the people of l. ike his cross talk casts. choppers come to moscow with josh ford's digitized radar upgraded to an automated guided by gyroscopes propelled by power flew engines russian motors ready to move. the future. you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle cox before more talks u.s. president barack obama's most recent attempt to broker a peace settlement between israel and the palestinians halted only hours after it was announced israel and its allies in the u.s. made it clear that they will have a say when it comes to the terms and conditions of any negotiations is obama's peace ideas already dead on arrival. can. you cross talk the peace process i'm joined by my guest in washington daniel pollack he is co-director of government relations for the zionist organization of america we also have hussein he is the author of the english blog calm and calm thi

legal way by the palestinian authority. sooner rather than later or they will overtake the west bank and this might be a problem not only for the palestinians it will be a problem for all is right this is one of the many checkpoints between israel and the palestinian territories as cairo extends a hand to the palestinians security here is likely to be beefed up in the three months since mubarak was ousted no one's replaced him some believed the americans gave up the old friend to really and truly easy miscalculating that his replacement would be a democratic dynasty interests instead it's the generals who continue to call the shots and they are playing this man. egypt want to. the way it has been on the one hand but on the other hand they want to establish a new relationship with hamas we're not sure about the way that the new egyptian government will act so ironically washington felt it was creating a safer middle east its closest ally israel is suffering a recent poll found that fifty four percent of egyptians want to see

and of course the palestinian leadership to enjoy the support of the palestinians during negotiations unity is important for any nation and it's even more important for the palestinian people who are working towards a fair solution to create their own state borders with decisions of the un the middle east quartet and the arab peace initiative. and hamas are planning to take this matter to the one in september and their representative so i've already said that russia has promised its support this whole dispute has been going on for many decades and you know it became pretty clear that the international community including the middle east quartet to be supporting the idea of a two state solution you got israel and palestine should you choose separate independent turn. just recently u.s. president barack obama said that the borders of these future independent states should be based on those nine hundred sixty seven which basically means that they would go through jerusalem this idea is supported by the international community including moscow far as he was in new jersey by the israeli pr

all the while the palestinians are listening on the sidelines but they're my position and fasten your kind of ministrations obama said last week that any future settlements should be based within borders established and recognized by international war we believe the borders of israel palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states responding to these words israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the family he found his vision and feasible was them straining a deep divide that could do any of us very curious by peace talks and israel's most reliable supporter in the us the american israel public affairs committee or a park reminded obama any peace talks with the palestinians must have the blessing of what is called the israel lobby in the us the relationship between united states and the jewish state of israel is a. common interests and shared values. you wonder stand with great depth that israel is the only country in the middle east that shares america's commitment

salam fayad of the palestinian authority has done an amazing job of standing up a palestinian security force with our support and the support of the jordanians. it's well trained. it's keeping peace in the west bank. and economic development there is at record levels in the last several years. people don't know that story. and i think palestine is in much better shape with leadership from president abbas to embrace this moment. and i think the same is true, really, of israel. and i suggested that the coalition might change for bibi netanyahu, but i think there's an opportunity to do what a majority of israelis want, which is move toward a two-state solution and a jewish state of israel with secure borders that the united states has already sworn many times to help israel protect. >> let me put the two of you on hold here for a second because we have to take another break. when we come back, palestinian representative to the u.s. joins us. man: all right. we were actually thinking, maybe... we're going to hike up here, so we'll catch up with you guys. [ indistinct talking and laughter ]

because the palestinians, as they will tell you, cannot be less palestinian than the american president. >> rose: and do you expect the prime minister will come here with certain hard lines in terms of jerusalem, in terms of refugees. >> well, those are the two issues that have not been dealt with. of course, withs he's got a huge issue because the israelis see hamas, not unreasonably, as an organization dedicated to not only the destruction of israel but to the ongoing killing of jews and both of those are in the basic premise of the hamas charter. so how do you deal, as they say, with an organization where basically half of the organization is made up of the mafia? what kind of a deal can you make with them and how stable will be the p.l.o. after this deal and if hamas takes over, then where is israel? >> rose: tell me where you think we are and what went into the white house debate about this speech. >> i think the israeli/palestinian issue was the toughest issue, the one that they took the longest to work ou i think the reason that the president added this reference to the '67 borde

it can be resolved, and it will be resolved if the palestinians choose to do so in a palestinian state. so that's a real possibility. but it's not going to be resolved within the jewish state. the president and i discussed all these issues and i think we may have differences here and there, but i think there's an overall direction that we wish to work together to pursue a real, genuine peace between israel and its palestinian neighbors, a peace that is defensible. mr. president, you're the -- you're the leader of a great people, the american people. and i'm the leader of a much smaller people, the -- >> a great people. >> it's a great people, too. it's the ancient nation of israel. and, you know, we've been around for almost 4,000 years. we've experienced struggle and suffering like no other people. we've gone through expulsions and pogroms and massacres and the murder of millions. but i can say that even at the dearth of -- even at the nadir of the valley of death, we never lost hope and we never lost our dream of reestablishing a sovereign state in our ancient homeland, the land of i

israel's concerned about attacks by palestinian militants. german opposition politician thinks that bebein should keep an open mind dealing with a united palestinian leaderships. >> if a unity government consisting of hamas and fatah is ready to renounce violence and negotiate a cease-fire, there is a chance to negotiate about how to state coalition to be achieved. if hamas would accept that, it would indirectly except israel. >> but german chancellor angela merkel made it clear in her last meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in april that berlin would only take knowledge a palestinian state if it intern recognized israel. -- if it, in turn, recognized israel. >> they are in favor of a two- stage solution, and that is why any one-sided recognition does not contribute to this goal, which i consider to be indispensable. >> but the recent uprisings and the arab world have changed the region and could give fresh battista the mideast peace process. it remains to be seen in which direction. bridget it could give fresh impetus to

the r t and the palestinian authority. so let's talk about egypt for a little a little while and certainly what we've seen a lot going on there and wondering dan what do you think will happen how the elections in egypt will change things if at all. well everyone who cares about the region has to be very concerned a lot of people have been very optimistic simply without cause to me the fact is that the most well organized gyptian group is the muslim brotherhood who are let's face it both anti-american and anti israel by temperament they're also anti-semitic in fact it's very disturbing and the most likely scenario unfortunately is they may very well come to power if not right away then in a couple of years and they're democratic bonafide are by no means assured hamas is in fact the palestinian version of the muslim brotherhood let me get you in to react to this norm i mean do you agree that the muslim brotherhood if a is anti-american and anti israel and you agree that if they came to power that things could really spiral o

community or palestinian people. they resist it. >> what are your observations on the prime minister of israel, the comments we heard? >> you have to put that in the context there because that's where he outlined the policy and frankly different from what happens just presented. >> you mean by the three participants? >> that's right. he said they want to maintain the settlement blocks which i might add was exactly what was proposed by george bush in 2004 in a letter to sharon. it was approved by both houses of the congress and i might say that's all that bb netanyahu was asking when he came here. he wanted a confirmation of what had been promised by the previous president. >> if there were a promise -- who was fighting that? >> well, what he -- what that letter says is the 1967 boundar borders as the starting point, okay? neither i might add did resolution 242 of the united nations, which ended the '67 war. without going into the technical language, israel wouldn't have to go back to the 1967 boundary. you have a who

the palestinians said no. in recent years the palestinians twice refused generous offers by israeli prime ministers to establish a palestinian state on virtually all the territory won by israel in the six-day war. they were simply unwilling to end the conflict. and i regret to say this, they continue to educate their children to hate. they continue to name public squares after terrorists. and worst of all they continue to perpetuate the fantasy that israel will one day be flooded by the desendants of palestinian refugees. my friends, this must come to an end. president obama abbas must do -- president abbas must do what i have done. i stood before my people, and i told you it wasn't easy for me, i stood before my people and said i will accept a palestinian state. it's time for president abbas to stand before his people and say, i will accept a jewish state. those six words will change history. now, make it clear to the palestinians that this conflict must come to an end. that they are not building a palestinia

the palestinian authority is a single. european aid why should you get paid for the palestinian struggle. because you know we are in the backyard of europe and the instability here will affect also stability. within europe. the huge minorities of. people who live in europe of. this events all muslims that. also. you know they have shown their support and solidarity to the palestinian cause. not to mention also. you know economic interest you know the geopolitics of the situation what it means you know palestine and the whole region to the world specially to europe in terms of oil and gas these are just you know nobody can be nation or for reasons why should be interested why united states of america should be interested why. why eventually should be interested why any country should be interested about about the situation here and why south africa is interested why you find out that you know india pakistan. is interested why brazil argentina chile is interested why makes it was interesting each one you know sees the situat

to discuss the palestinian israeli conflict and all across dog debate shall. tomorrow's choppers come to moscow with dashboards digitized upgraded and automated guided by gyroscopes propelled by power salute the engines russian motors ready to . leave the future. if. you think. the low end welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle cox before more talks u.s. president barack obama's most recent attempt to broker a peace settlement between israel and the palestinians faltered only hours after it was announced israel and its allies in the us made it clear that they will have a say when it comes to the terms and conditions of any negotiations is obama's peace ideas already dead on arrival. can. get cross-talk the peace process i'm joined by my guest in washington daniel pollack he is co-director of government relations for the zionist organization of america we also have hussein ibish he is the author of the log dot com and a columnist for now lebannon and paul sam he's an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute and a professor of israel studies at the universi

if you count israeli arabs, palestinians in the west bank and palestinians in gaza. but the trends are very clear. in a relatively short time the number of arabs will outnumber the number of jews. so a single entity israel would have to choose between a democratic state or what defense minister brach said, an apartheid state. so separation is better to preserve the jewish nature of the israeli state and e united states president obama said it, i've said it, secretary clinton has said it, we favor a jewish state of israel. you get the second point it's technology. until very recently the greatest thre was people crsing the border, armies cssing the border. in 1448 several arab countri invaded in an effort to you ve? out the new young state of israel. and suicide bombers the threat now is through the advancement of technology of rockets. hezbollah has 30,000 rockets on israel's northern border. hamas has a smaller number and a less affected but both are upgrading and charlie if there's one thing certain in human history it is the improvement and dissemination of the we

all the while the palestinians are listening on the sidelines but there might be the position of past american administrations obama said last week that any future settlements should be based within borders established and recognized by international law we believe the borders of israel palestine should be based on the nineteen sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states responding to these words israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama he found his vision unfeasible as the menstruating a deep divide that could do any u.s. bid to revive peace talks and israel's most reliable supporter in the u.s. the american israel public affairs committee or a pac reminded of on my any peace talks with the palestinians must have the blessing of what is called the israel lobby in the us the relationship between united states and the jewish state of israel is. common interests and shared values. you understand with great depth it israel is the only country in the middle east that shares america's commitment to freedom d

all the while the palestinians are listening on the sidelines paralyzed because this is passing here in this rationed obama said last week that any future settlements should be based within borders established and recognized by international law we believe the borders of israel palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states responding to these words israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama he found his vision and feasible does the menstruating a deep divide that could do any u.s. bid to revive peace talks and israel's most reliable supporter in the u.s. the american israel public affairs committee or apac reminded obama any peace talks with the palestinians must have the blessing of what is called the israel lobby in the us the relationship between united states and the jewish state of israel is a. common interest and shared values. you wonder stand with great depth that israel is the only country in the middle east that shares america's commitment to freedom

paying for the palestinian struggle. because you know we are in the backyard of europe and the instability here will affect also stability. within europe. huge minority of people who live in and you know of. all muslims it's. also. you know the have shown their support and solidarity for the palestinian cause. not to mention also. you know economic interest you know the geopolitics of the situation what it means you know palestine and the whole region to the world specially to europe in terms of. these are just you know a combination of for reasons why europe should be interested why the united states of america should be interested why. why you eventually should be interested while any country should be interested about about the situation here and why south africa is interesting why you find out that you know india pakistan. is interested why brazil argentina chile is interested why mexico is interesting each one in always sees the situation from different perspectives but you know each one feels like you know they hav

state a palestinian state their full backing. we're not planning to proclaim independence unilaterally next september we're going to call on the u.n. to recognize a state and foreign minister sergei lavrov has reaffirmed russia's support for this process we have to hear. from the foreign ministry though to confirm what was said in that meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu really slammed down proposals for a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders now the palestinian delegation that's been in moscow at the side of it said that they will never recognize the state of israel the delegates that have been here said that they still view israel as the main stumbling block on the road to peace however both sides as it made up this delegation said that they were happy about mr obama putting forward. a plan that would see a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders however that didn't go far enough for them. it's not the first time the u.s. has made statements on the need to recognize palestine in its nine hundred sixty sev

all the while the palestinians are listening on the sidelines but there might be the position of passing miracle administrations obama said last week that any future settlements should be based within various established and recognized by international law we believe the borders of israel palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are stablished for both states responding to these words israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama he found his vision and feasible as the menstruating in the divide that could do any u.s. bid to revive peace talks and israel's most reliable supporter in the us the american israel public affairs committee or a pac reminded obama any peace talks with the palestinians must have the blessing of what is called the israel lobby in the us the relationship between united states and the jewish state of israel is a. common interest and shared values. you wonder stand with great depth it is really is the only country in the middle east that shares america's commitment to free

if you count israeli arabs, palestinians in the west bank and palestinians in gaza. but the trends are very clear. in a relatively short time the number of arabs will outnumber the number of jews. so a single entity israel would have to choose between a democratic state or what defense minister brach said, an apartheid state. so separation is better to preserve the jewish nature of the israeli state and e united states president obama said it, i've said it, secretary clinton has said it, we favor a jewish state of israel. you get the second point it's technology. until very recently the greatest thre was people crsing the border, armies cssing the border. in 1448 several arab countri invaded in an effort to you ve? out the new young state of israel. and suicide bomrs the threat now is through the advancement of technology of rockets. hezbollah has 30,000 rockets on israel's northern border. hamas has a smaller number and a less affected but both are upgrading and charlie if there's one thing certain in human history it is the improvement and dissemination of the weap

have the palestinians civilians he also said that the that the refugees palestinian refugee issue should be resolved outside the borders of israel but without offering any solution he just trying to push the problem away from himself. well there are very much the. house i started seems to be willing to compromise on the on the right of return to some degree but to insist as as i think yahoo and us government has done that the palestinian dream now is that even before entering in negotiations you know seems to be. unreasonable doesn't hinge on the fact that defeat if israel is only willing to. give the palestinians a tiny portion of the of the west bank is the future only and there's no way you can physically resettle a population we get i mean and then we'll need the twenty two percent of palestine doubt the united nations recognizes under belligerent occupation but. netanyahu apparently support of congress saying this is too much the palestinians have to settle for even less all right thank you very much for your insight there stephen is it has a foreign affairs expert thank you. now th

but, boy, if they could strike a deal now with the palestinians, when you do have actually a decent palestinian authority, that has actually built a security force, that the israeli army will tell you has been effective. you know, this is what i've been saying from the beginning of the arab revolt, fareed, which is when is the time to make big decisions in life? it's when you have all the leverage on your side. you see farther. you think more clearly. what did hosni mubarak do? he had 30 years of leverage vis-a-vis the egyptian people to democratize his people. he department do it. he didn't use it. then in one week he tried to do what he should have over 30 years. he failed. completely. people didn't believe a word he said. you don't want netanyahu to be the hosni mubarak of the peace process where they look back, we had all this time, decent palestinian authority to test -- i'm not saying cut a deal -- i don't know whether there's a deal -- but to really test whether they can deliver and do what we can to embolden and encourage and empower them. and we didn't use it. we sat back and said, loo

state a palestinian state their full backing. we're not planning to proclaim independence unilaterally next september we're going to call on the u.n. to recognize a state and foreign minister sergei lavrov has reaffirmed russia's support for this process. for mr lavrov both in the foreign ministry though to confirm what was said in that meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu really slammed down proposals for a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders now the palestinian delegation that's been in moscow at the side of us has said that they will never recognize the state of israel the fatah delegates that have been here said they still view israel as the main stumbling block in the road to peace however both sides just did made up this delegation said that they were happy about mr obama putting forward a. plan that would see a return to one hundred sixty seven borders however that this didn't go far enough for them. it's not the first time the u.s. has made statements on the need to recognize palestine in its nine hund

palestinian refugees will have to go to the new palestinian state which was of course not their home. is not the less still trying to get a peace process back on. his knee but i was not going to worry because the palestinians are already heading toward recognition or trying to at least of the u.n. so is the bomber just too late has missed the boat. he hasn't missed the boat if he was prepared to use real pressure the palestinian president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas who is also the chairman of the p.l.o. and it's in that role in the his role in as the head of the p.l.o. is negotiating with the u.s. he's made clear that he would rather continue this same process that many others myself included believe has been a failed process he would rather do that then go to the united nations but he can't do that if there is the continuation of settlements in a in a huge insult to the united states and to president obama the israeli government just announced as well as prime minister netanyahu was flying to the u.s. to meet with president obama denounced the considerations of fifte

right for an independent palestinian state a fight in which u.s. leaders try time and time again to play a chief negotiator from president carter to reagan to george h.w. bush to president clinton george w. bush and now the obama administration has said we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps. so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states and unusually blunt indorsement of an end to israeli occupation of arab land i.o.u.'s president the idea was immediately rejected by prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel argues peace cannot come at the cost of its security with continued palestinian rocket attacks but there is one thing both sides actually agree on when it comes to the u.s. role as mediator it approaches they say is all wrong american policy is built on this conceptions a wrong view of the causes of the conflict and a prescription that doesn't stand up to even the most casual scrutiny of the question is not why don't we have a soluti

the west would like the syrian regime like the libyan regime like with hizbollah and the palestinian resistance to disappear yesterday and now even that is a whole different kettle of fish i think where the west is now in this historical moment everyone knows that the world has finished entering into a multi-polar world and the west is panicking about how they can sit back and allow the bric nations of the global south just to rise up or for them to just go without go without a fight so now is really the historic opportunity for western germany to try to pull back a little bit of a world domination that they've lost in the last decade but frankly even if they did go into syria which i don't think they will i think the syrian regime will hold tight but even if they did i mean what's happened the last decade iraq and afghanistan yes they got rid of saddam hussein yes they got rid of the taliban but what is the net result the net result was they were bogged down morally politically economically diplomatically they were completely completely outmaneuvered by the global south and our rise

any kind of sign of willingness to be a partner to peace with the palestinians. maintaining his question government over negotiating with the palestinians and he preferred to continue with the settlement activities against having. peace with the palestinians and so if that's the case then you know yes we partner on the israeli side the international community has been very clear to this we have heard. statements coming from international leaders about that i think this is really the conclusion that. most of the present leaders have released we have heard. a telephone. call that he had with merkel recently when she told him very clearly that. he did not do anything really to. progress the negotiations and he has to be to be blamed if that's really the case then you know i think you know he has to know that he has to take responsibilities for the lack of for negotiations or and for the lack of any kind of progress in the negotiations look considering all the variables assuming you do go to the united nations in september are you not concerned at the united states w

and of course the palestinian leadership to enjoy the support of the palestinians during negotiations unity is important for any nation and is even more important for the palestinian people who are working towards a fair solution to create their own state borders with decisions of the un the middle east quartet and the arab peace initiative. this. time hamas are planning to take this matter to you one in september and their representatives i've already said russia has promised its support well iraq obama has also explained his vision of the israeli palestinian peace process but he took care to remain cautious didn't heed. this all this new has been going on for many decades and you know it became pretty clear that the international community including the middle east quartet they support the idea to state solution meaning that israel and palestine should be two separate independent countries and just recently u.s. president barack obama said that the border is the. future independent states should be based on bills from nine hundred sixty seven which we simply means that they would go

but for palestinians it is the continuation of a seemingly endless fight for an independent palestinian state a fight in which u.s. leaders try time and time again to play a chief negotiator from president carter to reagan to george h.w. bush to president clinton george w. bush and now the obama administration has said we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps. so that secure and recognized borders are stablished for both states an unusually blunt indorsement of an end to israeli occupation of arab land by u.s. president the idea was immediately rejected by prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel argues peace cannot come at the cost of its security with continued palestinian rocket attacks there is one thing both sides actually agree on when it comes to the u.s. role as mediator it approaches they say is all wrong american policy is built on misconceptions a wrong view of the causes of the conflict and a prescription that doesn't stand up to even the most casual scrutiny of the question is not why don

palestinians are pretty skeptical. they know it is one thing to talk about the basis of negotiations, quite another to get those actually started. >> you can watch the entire exclusive interview with president obama here on bbc news and also online. you will find it on our website. the former head of the international monetary fund, dominique strauss-kahn, has been indicted on seven charges of sexual assault and attempted assault of a hotel chambermaid. he has been granted bail but he will spend another night in custody while the paperwork is completed. >> heavy security as dominique strauss-kahn's arrives from rikers island. having resigned as imf chief, has focused was trying to get bail in attending to defend himself from charges including attempted rape. his wife and daughter turned out to support him, a carefully choreographed to show the judge that he was a devoted family man despite the allegations of a hotel made. the defense insisted dominique strauss-kahn was not about to flee the country and would be electro

community or palestinian people. they resist it. >> what are your observations on the prime minister of israel, the comments we heard? >> you have to put that in the context there because that's where he outlined the policy and frankly different from what happens just presented. >> you mean by the three participants? >> that's right. he said they want to maintain the settlement blocks which i might add was exactly what was proposed by george bush in 2004 in a letter to sharon. it was approved by both houses of the congress and i might say that's all that bb netanyahu was asking when he came here. he wanted a confirmation of what had been promised by the previous president. >> if there were a promise -- who was fighting that? >> well, what he -- what that letter says is the 1967 boundar borders as the starting point, okay? neither i might add did resolution 242 of the united nations, which ended the '67 war. without going into the technical language, israel wouldn't have to go back to the 1967 boundary. you have a who

state they get a palestinian state their full backing. we're not planning to proclaim independence unilaterally so next september we're going to call on the u.n. to recognize. and foreign minister sergei lavrov because we firmed russia's support for this process we had to hear from mr lavrov all from the foreign ministry though to confirm what was said in that meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu really slammed down those proposals for a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders now the palestinian delegation it's been. a hamas side of that it said that they will never recognize the state of israel the fatah delegates that have been here said that they still view israel as the main stumbling block on the road to peace however both sides just that made up the static ation said that they were happy about mr obama putting forward. a plan that would see a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders however this didn't go far enough for them. it's not the first time the u.s. has made statements on the need to recognize palestine i

state a palestinian state their full backing. we're not planning to proclaim independence unilaterally next september and we're going to call on the u.n. to recognize a state and foreign minister sergei lavrov as we firmed russia's support for this process we have to hear. from the foreign ministry though to confirm what was said in that meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu really slammed down those proposals for a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders now the palestinian delegation it's been in moscow they must side of the earth has said that they will never recognize the state of israel the fatah delegates that have been here said that they still view israel as the main stumbling block on the road to peace however both sides just it made up this delegation said that they were happy about mr obama putting forward a. plan that would see a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders however this didn't go far enough for them. it's not the first time the u.s. has made statements on the need to recognize palestine a

state a palestinian state their full backing. we're not planning to proclaim independence unilaterally next september and we're going to call on the u.n. to recognize a state court and foreign minister sergei lavrov has reaffirmed russia's support for this process. for mr lavrov often the foreign ministry though to confirm what was said in that meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu really slammed down those proposals for a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders now the palestinian delegation that's been in moscow a hamas side of that is said that they will never recognize the state of israel the fatah delegates that have been here said that they still view israel as the main stumbling block on the road to peace however both sides this bit made up this delegation said that they were happy about mr obama putting forward a. plan that would see a return to nine hundred sixty seven borders however this didn't go far enough for them. it's not the first time that he was has made statements on the need to recognize palest

it can be resolved, and it will be resolved if the palestinians choose to do so in a palestinian state. so that's a real possibility. but it's not going to be resolved within the jewish state. the president and i discussed all these issues and i think we may have differences here and there, but i think there's an overall direction that we wish to work together to pursue a real, genuine peace between israel and its palestinian neighbors, a peace that ismr. president, you're the -- you're the leader of a great people, the american people. and i'm the leader of a much smaller people, the -- >> a great people. >> it's a great people, too. it's the ancient nation of israel. and, you know, we've been around for almost 4,000 years. we've experienced struggle and suffering like no other people. we've gone through expulsions and pogroms and massacres and the murder of millions. but i can say that even at the dearth of -- even at the nadir of the valley of death, we never lost hope and we never lost our dream of reestablishing a sovereign state in our ancient homeland, the land of israel. and no

the palestinian people themselves have been protesting. president abbas used to rely on the support of president mubarak care. both have been pushed hard by the new egyptian government to fix things. they will have to sort out how they manage their security forces. they have primal -- rival armed security forces in the west bank and gaza. it will be months for those to be sort out, if at all. >> a member of the palestinian legislative council joins us. thank you for joining us. they are still planning -- plenty of commentators rubbing their eyes at this occasion taking place. what makes you believe that it can stand the test of time? >> i think because it is become absolutely imperative, both for internal domestic reasons and regional developments. both sides have come to an understanding that they continue with this, it will cost him credibility, standing, and constituency under the palestinians. the palestinian public has been speaking out, putting pressure room both sides. we are committed to that well- being of palestine, in new better

requires the palestinian leadership to enjoy the support of all palestinians during negotiations unity is important for any nation and is even more important for the palestinian people who are working towards a fair solution to create their own state in accordance with decisions of the un the middle east quartet and the arab peace initiative. and hamas are planning to take this matter to the u.n. in september and their representatives have already said that russia has promised its support this whole dispute has been going on for many decades and you know it became pretty clear that the international community including the middle east quartet to be supporting the idea of a two state solution meaning that israel and palestine should be two separate independent turn. just recently us president barack obama said that each waters off these future independent states should be based on goals from nine hundred sixty seven which recently means that they would go through jerusalem this idea is supported by the international community including moscow thought it was new justified the israeli pri

the palestinians want them to become a palestinian state but there are around 500,000 jewish settlers in the west bank and east jerusalem. their fate is the key to this argument. some say certain setments should become part of israel. and return israeli land be given to the palestinians but that's not the only bar to a deal, gripping his chair, clutching his chin, the president listened as netanyahu said he would not jeopardize his state's survival. >> as i told you in our conversation, we don't have a lot of margin for error. and because, mr. president, history will not give the jewish people another chance. >> there's already bad blood between the two men. last year president obama said settlements should stop being built. prime minister netian hue ignored him -- netanyahu ignored him. this won't exactly help the relationship or bring negotiations any closer. >> joining me from washington, d.c., is phyllis bens i. she's a co-founder of the u.s. campaign to end israeli occupation. the white house has insisted it never said that israel should return to a narrow definition of the 1967

and of course the palestinian leadership to enjoy the support of all palestinians during negotiations unity is important for any nation and is even more important for the palestinian people who are working towards a fair solution to create their own state in accordance with decisions of the un the middle east quartet of the arab peace initiative part time hamas are planning to take this matter to you when in september and the representatives i've already said that russia has promised its support this whole dispute has been going on for many decades and you know it became pretty clear that the international community including the middle east quartet they support the idea of a two state solution meaning that israel and palestine should be two separate independent. centuries and just recently us president barack obama said the border is all these future independent states should be released from nine hundred sixty seven which basically means that they would go through jerusalem this idea is supported by the international community including also thought he was justified he's really prim