israel hopes that the out going obama administration will prevent any damage being done to israel at the u.n. in its waiting day is. i wish i could be comforted by the promise that tuu.s. says wel not bring anymore resolutions to the u.n. that's what they acid previously. we have in contestable evidence with the united states, organized and advance and brought this resolution to the united nation security council. we'll share that information with the in coming administration, it is all true. you saw some of it in the protocol released and egyptian paper. there is plenty more at the tips of the iceberg. so they say but we did not bring it -- and john kerry's speech at this point, it could be raised in the french international conference a few days from now. so perhaps, we'll bring it or sweden and not a friend of israel. the united states -- well, we cannot vote against our own policy. we just annuniciated. the united states should not come out and say we'll not allow any more resolutions. not we'll bring or will bring, we'll not allow any and stop this game of charades. the decision

by all of you who supported israel and care about israel. is, they're either are going to be continued settlements, continued implementation of some policy, or is there going to be separation and the creation of two states? the reason i put the question to you is the following. when signed in 1993, the vision ,as with the signing of oslo there is area a, b, c. palestinian security and administrative control, area b is justit and area c israel, security, and administrative still. the deal in 1993 was, over the cxt year and a half, area would be transferred to administrative control. it did not happen for a number of reasons. but back in 1993, there were 110,000 settlers in the west bank. are 385,500 or so. there was about 90,000 settlers living outside the barrier and the barrier i want to remind everyone here, was established israel. it is a line, security line. drawn byf that line israel, there are now 90,000 israelis living in the patch works of settlements. there are 129 settlements. there are about 100 outposts. tomorrow night, there wil

and israel. let's listen in. >> one simple reason because the two-state solution is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. it is the only way to ensure israel's future as a jewish and democratic state. living in peace and security with its neighbors. it is the only way to ensure a future freedom of dignity for the palestinian people and it is an important way of advancing united states interests in the region. now, i would like to explain why that future is now in jeopardy and provide some context for why we could not in good conscious stand in the way of a resolution at the united nations that makes clear that both sides must act now to preserve the possibility of peace. i'm also here to share my conviction that there is still a way forward if the responsibility parties are willing to act and i want to share a practical suggestion for how to preserve and advance the prospects for the just and lasting peace that both sides deserve. so it is vital that

>> stay strong, israel. as if israel is about to collapse. weapons and the submarines, stay strong, israel, another 20 days. it is ridiculous. but i will be very honest with you, amy. elections, i played with myself that maybe trump is the better choice because we knew very well what hillary clinton would do and mainly we knew what she would not do. i thought that maybe an unexpected figure like trump might bring new air, new ideas, new approach. the blind support to israel. -- and stop the blind support israel. now i see his last expressions. i think between the two, john kerry is much more of a friend of israel, friend of democracy, and friend of peace in the middle east rather than donald trump. he is still very unexpected. i doubt if he even knows what are his plans about the middle east. that my feeling is that donald trump below is go with the strong ones in the victims will always be the weak ones. in our case, we know who are the victims and who are the weak ones. juan: diana buttu, your sense of what should happen and what can happen

s relationship with israel? when i fill in on "shepard smith reporting." >>> a voice-controlled virtual assistant could hold clues to a murder investigation. arkansas police issuing a warrant asking amazon to turn over data from a suspect's echo device. fox business network's jeff flock has the story from chicago. >> reporter: it's a case from arkansas, heather. a guy turned up strangled and drowned in his hot tub. he's charged with murder and police want information from the amazon echo turned over to them. the echo is that cylindrical thing you have in your room and you say, alexa, tell me what the temperature is or who won the world series in 1963, i think it may have been the yankees, but anyway, they record that stuff and keep it on file. amazon says in this case they're not going to turn it over. >> okay. so why will amazon not turn it over? >> reporter: well, good question. they have put out a statement, no interviews yet, but they did put out a statement, i'll read a portion of it. it says amazon will no

the arab-israelis are citizens of israel, subject to israel's law. does anyone here really believe that settlers will agree to submit to palestinian law in palestine? likewise, some supporters of the settlements argue that the settlers could just stay in their settlements and remain as israeli citizens in their separate enclaves in the middle of palestine. protected by the idea. -- idf. well there are over 80 , settlements east of the separation barrier many located , in places that would make the continuous palestinian state impossible. does anyone seriously think that if they just stay where they are you could still have a viable , palestinian state? now some have asked, why can't whichld in the blocs everyone knows will eventually be part of israel? well, the reason building there or anywhere else in the west bank now results in such push back is that the decision of what constitutes a bloc is being made unilaterally by the israeli government without consultation, without the consent of the palestinians, and without granting the palestinians a rec

greater israel. in fact, one prominent minister who heads a pro-settler party declared just after the u.s. election, and i quote, the era of the two-state solution is over. end quote. and many other coalition ministers publicly reject a palestinian state. and they are increasingly getting their way. with plans for hubs of n s hun new units in east jerusalem announced and talk of major rebuilding effort in the west bank to follow. so why are we so concerned? why does this matter? well, ask yourselves these questions. what happens if that agenda succeeds? where does that lead? there are currently about 2.75 million palestinians living under military occupation in the west bank. most of them in areas a and b. 40% of the west bank. where they have limited autonomy. they are restricted in their daily movements by a web of checkpoints and unable to travel into or out of the west bank without a permit from the israelis. if there is only one state, you would have millions of palestinians permanently living i

i have been everywhere in israel. i love israel. i've had great engagements with so many friends there. but i do believe israel, because of decisions being made on a daily basis, quietly and without a lot of people seeing them or fully processing the consequences, is heading to a place of danger. and my purpose in saying the things i've said is to say there is, i think, a better path to pursue. i think over time this small little city-state which is what effectively the west bank would be demilitarized as it would be with the proper input and guidance over x number of years to be defined by the parties -- and by the way, you can define based onwal which sets up standards that have to be met that provide for security. these are the kind of things we talked about with john allen and the idf and the israeli leadership. nobody is thinking all of a sudden, boom, there is this thing and it's called the state and it's going to be like gaza. that is not what anybody is talking about. i think there is a very different, long-term prospectus t

tough language from israel. reaction from the jewish state and a live report from jerusalem coming up on "outnumbered." kennedy: this is fox news alert. secretary of state johnstate del to block a u.n. resolution that call israeli settlements a violation of international law. a very long speech at the state department wrapping up a short while ago, secretary kerry said the u.n. vote was quote, in accordance with american values and the two-state solution is only way to achieve a secure israel. >> we can not properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed by our own eyes. and that's the bottom line. the vote in the united nations was about preserving the two-state solution. that's what we were standing up for. israel's future as a jewish and democratic state, living side by side in peace and security with its neighbors. that is what we're trying to preserve for our sake and for theirs. kennedy: the lady doth protest too much me thinks. john huddy live in jerusalem with m

the arab israelis are citizens israel, subject to israel's law. does anyone here believe that settlers will agree to submit to palestinian law in palestine? likewise, some supporters of the settlements argue that the settlers could just stay in their settlements and remain as israeli citizens in their separate enclaves in the middle of palestine. protected by the idf. well, there are over 80 settlements east of the separation barrier, many located in places that would make the continuous palestinian state impossible. does anyone seriously think that if they just stay where they are you could still have a viable palestinian state? now, some have asked why can't , we build the blocks? which everyone knows will eventually be part of israel? well, the reason building there or anywhere else in the west bank now results in such push back is that the decision of what constitutes a block is being made unilaterally by the israeli government. without consultation, without the consent of the palestinians, and without granting the palestinians a reciprocal ri

supporters, one of the most pro israel presidents the united states and israel have seen. he highlighted key achievements including the iron dome missile defense system, the arms deal, the blocking of a u.n. security council resolution in 2011 in preventing the delegit myzation of i of israel. he tried to tell republicans and democrats who say he's not pro israel enough. quite the contrary. as my colleague said he was using the language of friends know when to tell friends the harsh reality of what's happening. he's suggesting that israel is straying from the commitment to a two-state solution with the reality unfolding on the ground. more so than what anything the united states has to do to help israel in this situation. >> ayman mohyeldin and bill nealy, stay with us. we want to take you back to the state department. andrea mitchell is now with us. we know you have a one on one exclusive interview with the secretary of state. i hand it over to you. >> thank you, peter. thanks for joining us. this is an important moment. >> good to be with you. >> an unusual speech, first

resolution against israel. reagan and prime minister begin had a very bitter exchange over reagan's plan. so the relationship we have to keep in mind is between the countries and the people. presidents come and go. prime ministers come and go. they don't get along sometimes, and that does have an affect and it's clearly reflected now, but ultimately, the u.s. relationship with israel will survive and be strong. >> senator mitchell, always appreciate your time. your perspective. thank you so much. >>> much more of our breaking news on this. this historic speech, ahead. >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in for wolf blitzer. whmp you're watching from around the world thank you for joining us. right now we begin with a rather stunning speech from secretary of state john kerry in which he harshly criticized the government of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu suggesting his government is pursuing policies that would preclude a two-state solution and any sort of peace in the region. he outlined the obama administrati

israel's accused him of bias. police in germany detain a tunisian man, in connection with last week's berlin truck attack. and out with the old: new yorkers say good riddance to the worst of 2016. hello. in the latest sign of the huge political gulf between the incoming and outgoing american presidents, and the likely impact of their very different worldviews, donald trump has again attacked the united nations. the president—elect had already criticised the un for passing a security council resolution last week that condemned illegal israeli settlements on occupied palestinian land. unusually, the us did not back israel in that vote, but abstained. mr trump, just three weeks now from taking office, made his latest comments outside his home in palm beach, florida. the un has such tremendous potential and it is not living up to its potential. there is such tremendous potential. there is such tremendous potential. when you see the united nations solving problems, they don't, they cause problems. so if it lives up t

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 cyber response and they have to. a foreign power hacked in to our computer system to affect the outcome of our election. we cannot let that stand. i applaud senators graham and mccain for their approach to make it

the arab israelis are citizens of israel, subject to israel's law. does anyone here really believe the settlers will agree to submit to palestinian law in palestine? likewi likewise, some supporters of the settlements argue the settlers could just stay in their settlements and remain as israeli citizens in their separate enclaves in the middle of palestine, protected by the idf. well, there are over 80 settlements east of the separation barrier, many located in places that would make the continuous -- a contiguous palestinian state impossible. does anyone seriously think if they just stay where they are, you could still have a viable palestinian state? some have asked why can't we build in the blocks, which everyone knows will eventually be part of israel. well, the reason building there or anywhere else in the west bank now results in such pushback is that the decision of what constitutes a block is being made unilaterally by the israeli government without consultation, without the consent of the palestinians, and without granting the palestinians a

foreign global military finances goes to israel, and obama administration has defended israel. and opposed boycotts against the long time u.s. ally. kerry spend much of his speech denouncing israel on expansion of settlement, chastising netanyahu administration calling his coalition the most right wing in the history. and claiming its settlement policy in part jeopardizing any possiblility for a two state solution where israel lives in peace next to a independent pdsa dicki -- pdsa dicki pal -- palestinian state. >> we may not be a to stop them, but we cannot be expected to defend them. >> if the choice is one state, israel can either be jewish or democratic, it cannot be both. and it will not ever really be at peace. reporter: kerry criticize the palestinians ask their government for tailin failing to condemn specific terrorist attacks. and naming public schools, streets and squares after terrorists. -- kerry denies that, and says that u.s. warned israel of its abstention. >> we've known for some time that palestinians were intent on moving forward, advised prime minister repe

support israel, care about israel. that is, are there going to be continued settlements m, is there going to be a continued implementation of settlement policy or is there going to be separation and the creation of two states. the reason i put that question to you is the following, when oslow was signed in 1993, the vision was that with the signing of oslow, area "c" everybody knows, there is area "a," "b," "c." area "a" is palestinian security and administrative control. ar ar ar area "b" is a split and area "c" is just israel, security and administrative still. the deal of oslow in 1993 was over the next year and a half, area "c" would be transferred to the palestinian control administratively. it didn't happen for a number of different reasons. back then, 1993, there were 110 thousand settlers in the west bank. today, there are 385,500 or so. there is an increase -- there is about 90,000 settlers living outside of the barrier. the barrier, i want to remind everybody here, was established by israel. that's a line tha

community against israel. what we are saying is we should be helping israel enhance its prospects within the international community in both security, economic, economic, political and other ways. and finally, i think that in addition to the compensation of refugees we should establish a specific fund to deal with the need for housing. and state building building that will be essential on the palestinian side when they do achieve their state they already began under a man who is now standing public official who i think you know well who was the prime minister, a highly capable and respected individual who began the process of internally holding up state institutions so they would be ready to govern effectively if and when. >> celeste to start right there the parties have to want this and often it is said we want this more than the parties want this, and if they don't want this and they will not come to agreement it will not happen but salon is a marvelous man he was at the world bank for many years, he moved h

i think it depends how you define pro—israel. i don't think trump's inflammatory tweets will bring peace and stability to the middle east, or security to israel, nor will controversial moves like moving the embassy in israel to jerusalem or supporting settlement expansion. none of that is going to help strengthen israel or help resolve the israeli—palestinian conflict. so, i certainly hope trump will work in a responsible manner with the israeli and palestinian leadership in order to pursue the two—state solution, because it is the only viable solution to this conflict. it is the only solution that can address both the palestinian aspirations and israel's security needs. why do you think mr kerry said what he said, apparently aligning the outgoing administration much more with the arab view of israel, is this partly because everyone now has a close eye on iran? i think that, first of all, there is international consensus thatjewish settlements in the west bank in eastjerusalem are illegitimate and undermine the goal of the tw

and if israel with initiatives. and if israel comes up with a reasonable initiative, who will support it. for i'm not sure how high an priority the israeli—palestinian conflict will be on his agenda. i'm not sure how much political capital he will be willing to invest in it. and i'm not sure sure exactly what will be his policies. it is one thing to make a general statement, it is another thing when you are president and you have to decide policies. yes, even the far right in israel are very helpful that there will be an umbrella for some policies of annexation. i would an umbrella for some policies of annexation. iwould be an umbrella for some policies of annexation. i would be very careful about predicting exactly what his policies will be. we willjust have to wait and see. thank you very much for being with us, brigadier general michael herzog, former chief of staff to the israeli fence minister. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.45 and 11.30 this ev

in israel marking a start of a new era. barbara roam sat with jack chris letter to find out more about the program. >> you're right, the golden eagles been the first international to air force to declare the ioc. they'll be one of three air forces that declared ioc. what are they declaring it with? an aircraft that distinguisheses itself interest others by stealth and sent fusion. eliminate their ability to detect, track and engage us and the sentra fusion is for the fused image of the pilot giving him unprecedented awareness that manifests itself on the helmet of the pilot. it's revolutionary, doesn't exit anywhere else. >> it's interesting that israel actually israeli air force pilots have never taken to the skies in the f35 because they've relied so heavily on the simulator. so what is this new generation, this new era they're in now that they can -- planes touch up on in israel and only then they'll start to fly. >> all their training initially is in a synthetic environment. the fidelity is astonishing. all the pilots w

, anti-israel? >> up until this point at the united nations, they vetoed a security council resolution against israel. in fact, the only veto they did during their presidency, which we were deeply appreciative of. but this resolution itself is a resolution that effectively will call for boycotts and sanctions against israel that's the language, to ask states to make the distinctions between pre-'67 israel and israel beyond the 1967 lines. what does that mean? people will use this resolution to stir the pot for boycotts, divestment and sanctions and bring israeli soldiers and even citizens before the international -- what they did is back a u.n. security council resolution that delegitimizes israel. >> it does not delegitimize israel. this takes issue with settlements -- >> no, it doesn't. read the resolution. >> i've read it many times. i draws attention to settlement activity, in addition to palestinian support for terror -- >> it also says, jim, there can be no change in the status of the territor

the draft resolution being put to vote today calls for the sensations of all israel he s of all israel he settlement activities, and for affirmative steps to reverse the negative trends on the ground that are endangering the two state solution. it also calls for immediate steps to prevent all acts of violence against the civilians including acts of terror and calls for accountability. the text urges all parties to intensify their efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in the middle east and to and israeli occupations. on the implementations of the resolution the text is requesting that the secretary-general report to the council every three months. mr. president, we realize that some councilmembers may have legitimate concerns on the short time in which the draft was officially circulated, put to table for adoption. in normal and ideal circumstances we would have preferred a more transparent and inclusive process. we realize that this is anything but a normal situation and we need to tread carefully in view of the sensitivities of the issue. exceptional circumstanc

israel's prime minister said it was biased against israel and even thanked our next president for his support. we have team fox coverage, john huddy live in jerusalem for us, trace gallagher with more reaction from president-elect trump. first, let's go to rich edson live at the state department. rich, secretary kerry focused mostly on the settlements. >> reporter: he did and the state department billed this speech, jon, as the obama administration laying out its principles for what it hopes to achieve in a middle east peace process and the next steps that should happen after the obama administration leaves office. however, a clearly agitated secretary of state john kerry spent much of this speech responding to the criticism that the obama administration has gotten after it allowed that u.n. security council vote on friday, which condemned israel for its settlement building. kerry spent mituch about the speech talking about the settlements and say they among other issues are an impediment to peace. >> in the end, we did not agree with every word in this resolution. there are important

and palestinians have agreed to stay in israel. we are talking more about the outlying ones. the real issue here is, i think, the parties need to talk and get back to where they were a few years ago. for israel, it doesn't get them closer, but the palestinians get closer to condemning israeli international institutions, but that doesn't help either. the authorities in tunisia have arrested three people suspected of being part of terror cell connected to the berlin market attacker, anis amri. 0fficials claim the cell consisted of individuals aged between 18 and 27. one of them is thought to be amri's nephew, who communicated with his uncle through encrypted messages, and who also pledged allegiance to islamic state. i spoke to our correspondent in berlin who has more details. the bbc‘s rana javad joins us now from tunis. tell us more about what is being said. the interior ministry put out a statement saying they arrested three individuals. 0ne a statement saying they arrested three individuals. one of them is the nephew of anis am

there is certainly division in israel. but the division over israel between the u.s. and between now incoming and outgoing administrations. really unprecedented. >> it truly is and what carl said is exactly right. we haven't seen anything like this. in the sense that ever since the camp david accords with jimmy carter when i interviewed president carter for a book i did. he's so sad he never got the palestinian solution done. the two state solution done right. and it's been like the holy grail for state department diplomats if you can make a camp david peace type thing between israel and pasten you will be almost a nobel peace prize winner. john kerry threw his whole soul into doing this only now to have trump talk about moving the embassy into jerusalem and having netanyahu just backlash on obama and kerry in such a dramatic fashion that it looks like the la cute party. and if trump goes on with moving our embassy in jerusalem. it is kind of end of a peace process that went from carter to obama and heading into a new world order in that part of the world coming up wh

our top stories: us frustration and anger with israel. secretary of statejohn kerry sets out his reason for the lack of a middle east peace deal. we cannot properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two—state solution to be destroyed before our owned eyes. that is the bottom line. israel's prime minister hit back, saying kerry's speech was biased against his country. secretary kerry paid lip service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism that has been waged by the palestinians against the jewish state for nearly a century. david reynolds is taken to hospitaljust a day after the death of her daughter, star wars actress carrie fisher. and british olympic champion and tour de france winner sir bradley wiggins announces his retirement from cycling at the age of 36. president—elect donald trump has gone head—to—head with the outgoing us government over its treatment of israel. mr trump tweeted that israel was being treated with total to disdain and disrespect. john kerry has warned settlement building by israel in the we

israel has an agreement on a treaty with egypt. israel values those agreements. they are very helpful and obviously in the interest of egypt and jordan. i believe in agreement with the palestinians would serve the same purpose. i said there are many that disagree with that but i believe that to be the case and i think it is an argument for reaching an agreement as opposed to not reaching. >> host: s so you've spelled out in the book what are the four parts of an agreement and then you spell out the point on incentives. why don't we just go through this and i can read them off or why don't you just explain the big issues that would be involved in the agreement. >> guest: we took what had already been established by the party as the principa principals that have to be resolved. there are many of which are called minor but only in relation -- as a whole range of issues that we discussed the principled ones which are territory refugees, security in jerusalem come each of them extraordinarily difficult and each of them has been the subject of much debate and controver

by all of you who support israel and care about israel. and that is there will be continued settlements and there's going to be a continued ample notation of settlement policy or is there going to be separation in the creation of two states? the reason i put that question to you is there is a following. when oslo was signed in 1993 the vision was when deciding areas c everybody knows there's area abc. area a is palestinian security and administrative control. area b is a split between up and straight up and security control and areas c which is 60% of the west bank is just israel, security and administrative skill. the deal of oslo in 1993 was over the next year and a half areas c would be transferred to the palestinian control administratively. it didn't happen for a number of different reasons. 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

for the simple truth is that for as long as israel has been a member of this institution, israel has been treated differently from other nations at the united nations. him and not only in decades past such as the infamous resolution the general assembly adopted in 1975 determining that zionism is a form of racism, but also in 2016, this year. one need only look at the 18 resolutions against israel adopted or the 12 adopted in the human rights council, more than those focused on syria, iran, north korea, and south sudan put together. to see that in 2016 israel continues to be treated differently from other member states. like u.s. administration's before it, the obama administration has worked tirelessly to fight for israel's right something to be treated like any other country. from advocating for israel to finally be granted membership to a u.n. regional body, it's something no other member state had been denied, to fighting that ensuring that israeli ngos are not denied accreditation because they are israeli and getting yom kippur officially recognized as he u.n. holiday, to pressi

presidents, this time over israel. theld trump claiming country is being treated with disrespect and telling it to be strong until january 20, when he takes office. the speech by secretary kerry angered the president-elect. theaid a chance with palestinians for peace was slipping away. ground,s on the violence, terrorism, incitement, settlement expansion, the endless expansion, they are destroying hope for peace on both sides. reporter: this follows last week's u.n. council resolution calling for a halt in an israeli settlement building on occupied land. the u.s. did not use its veto power to protect israel as it usually does. the obama administration has three weeks left, but it is trying to make a difference in the middle east, knowing that donald trump will be more supportive of israel and its settlements and jerusalem in particular. it is possible they would like to tie his hands. the secretary of state complains that settlements -- a prominent member of the coalition was quick to give his response. connectedod spe

i have been everywhere in israel. i love israel. i've had great engagements with so many friends there. i love israel. but i do believe israel, because of decisions being made on a daily basis, quietly and without a lot of people seeing them or fully processing the consequences, is heading to replace of danger. my purpose in saying the things i've said is to say there is, i think, a better path to pursue. i think over time this small little city state which is what effectively the west bank would be demilitarized as it would be with the proper input and guidance over x number of years to be defined by the parties -- and by the way, you can define withdraw based on performance. which sets up standards that have to be met that provide for security. these are the kind of things we talked about with john allen and the idf and the israeli leadership. nobody is thinking all of a sudden, boom, there is this thing and it's called the state like gaza. that is not what anybody is talking about. i think there is a very different, long-term per

to disadvantage israel. obama administration's -- is a reputing a of 50 years of bipartisan american policy it steps in to try to tilt scales in favor of palestinians against israel, and rejects this 50-year-old dock rain called land for peace, that israel gives baxter torrey -- territory it won in wars that were directed against it, it gets peace in exchange. i can't think of a worse way for the obama administration to go out, it will be a significant resolution, i think that trump dodge will havadministration will with to work hard to mitigate or reverse the consequences this is a needless tragedy. >> i don't expect you to understand why he did this, it just seems odd, you kind of go out gracefully, this does set up with an opportunity for donald trump to come in, and make a correction, make sure that policy is between u.s. and israel. >> i think that by definition, at noon on 20th of january, relation between u.s. and israel are going to improve dram at belie, the problem with the impact in this resolutio

in wake of anti-israel vote. joining us now, a texas congressman, louis goemer and back with us is the author of "defeating jihad," dr. sebastian gorka. pleasure to see you. unbelievable today. >> yeah, just keep coming back to thank god donald trump got elected or we would really be in trouble. i've talked to a number of colleagues. i've got a bill that hopefully will be drafted by friday anyway. two things, one we don't give a dime to the u.n. until they rescind that resolution and people are saying, they'll never do that. fine, they don't need our help to be anti-semitic, and then the other is to prevent even one dime, making it a crime to use any government money to recognize palestine as an independent country or state. because that's what i keep hearing is going to be the next shoe to drop. this administration, kimberly, reminds me of one of my elementary school teachers. out of six teachers, one loved bullies. and she always supported the bullies over the victims. and that's what this administration does.

ambassador to israel by trump. the significance of both this and that move of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, and then this latest news of the hundreds of homes that will be built in jerusalem? >> there's something particularly fitting about putting a bank lawyer charge of this milliliter -- u.s. middle east policy. it is very clear from donald trump's statement, from his behavior, from the donald trump campaign's effort to change the gop platform to include the most anti-palestinian language that we have ever seen in a national party platform that this is an administration that is goingo wholeheartedly embrace israeli apartheid. they're going to give a green light to israeli settlement expansion. they are going to, as the appointee for ambassador stated, move the embassy to jerusalem. all of these things -- joint amy: what would happen if they did that? >> we will find out. things there are two that we are think about in terms of implications. there's a reaction from the arab and muslim world. and there is

before israel occupied, in quotes, the west bank. it was in order to liberate israel. so the resistance is -- with the existence of israel, period. ask the palestinians today -- >> mr. ambassador, with all due respect -- >> the jewish state. >> with all due respect, the secretary of state also pointed out the wrongdoings of the palestinians as well and said that both sides had to work together. so, again, i'll ask you, how does building -- >> i would appreciate if someone would analyze the 72 minutes and see how much time the secretary spent on the issue of the settlements and how much time he spent on the issue of radical islam, terrorism, hamas in gas za. you cannot ignore the reality of the middle east and blame israel for everything. by the way, the u.n., we are used to it, but the fact that the u.s. teamed up with venezuela, malaysia, synagogue, to pass a one-sided resolution, that's unprecedented. >> given such an uproar, though, especially by prime minister benjamin netanyahu, wouldn't you expect him to spend more time trying to explain the u.s. actions and the

israel and the united states of america share many, many mutual values and israel is the only true democracy in the middle east. but i take very little comfort in the words of president-elect trump when he trying to sound quote israelis when he has outright anti-semitic crowds right there in the white house. allan dershowitz was on right before the election, he said the reason why he would not want to see trump win the election is because a trump victory would hand victory to the alt-right movement. steve bannon, senior advisor the trump, took his kids out of school because there were too many jews in school. then he apologized. i take very little comfort in that. >> i'm sorry, sandra, really? we're talking about steve bannon now when we have a serious conflict in the middle east. it's pretty obvious by now that president-elect supports israel, our greatest ally in the middle east. and mr. dershowitz said he thought president obama was misleading him when the obama administration issued a one-two punch of betrayal from the iran deal that's funding terrorism right now, to this resolution, it'

mr trump is more prone israel. to some degree we will be getting a new administration, so, yes, but the damage done by this resolution and i have underlined among the people who normally support president obama and are unhappy with prime minister netanyahu, including much of the democrats and senator, the washington post editorial board, obama's own middle east negotiator, are all very much appalled by this un vote. the fact that we would not have brought such a one—sided and almost savage attack on israel as is contained in that resolution. we have in the language like that if everin have in the language like that if ever in the last a0 years and it looks like a revenge deal against israel. it will make a trump even more anti—un, yet for some things we need the un, and it will make the israelis even more entrenched. at the end they said under international law they will embrace john kerry's plan. all of these israeli settlements under international law are violations of international law are violations of inte

israel. as that country's prime minster accusing president obama of orchestrating an unprecedented move against the jewish state at the united nations. welcome to the kelly file. sandra smith in for megyn kelly tonight. tensions reaching a fevered pitch tonight. prime minster netanyahu and his spokesman claimed to have ironclad evidence that the u.s. was pushing last friday's resolution condemning the construction of settlement by israeli citizens. the obama administration for its part continues the deny the claim. here's state department spokesman mark toner earlier today. >> we reject the notion the united states was the driving force behind this resolution. that's just not true. united states did not draft this resolution. nor did it put it forward. we also made clear at every conversation in every conversation that the president would make the final decision. that he would have to review the final text before making his final decision. so the idea this was again recooked or we had agreed

because of his sense of justice, his analysis of israel's security, his understanding of israel's meaning, he believed that the zionist idea would be best protected when palestinians, too, had a state of their own. of course, we gather here in the knowledge that shimon never saw his dream of peace fulfilled. the region is going through a chaotic time. threats are ever present. and yet, he did not stop dreaming, and he did not stop working. by the time that i came to work with shimon, he was in the twilight of his years. although he might not admit it. i would be the 10th u.s. president, since john f. kennedy, to sit down with shimon. the 10th to fall prey to his charms. i think of him sitting in the oval office, this final member of israel's founding generation, under the portrait of george washington, telling me stories from the past, but more often talking with enthusiasm of the present. his most recent lecture, his next project, his plans for the future, the wonders of his grandchildren. in many ways, he reminded me of some other giants of the 20th century that i have had the honor to

from israel and putting sanctions on israel. it's the only way forward to hold israel accountable. >> why should israel be held accountable for its treatments of the palestinians as opposed to the way that so many other arab countries treat their citizens? i could point to any number of countries and sure you would likely agree where they do not have rights. why focus on israel and not, for instance, the way that the saudis treat their sins s saudis treat their sins tiffens qataris, et cetera? >> those are also problems. the difference, israelis get $38 billion a year from the united states, first of all. secondly, the way that, the reason israel continues to do this is because the world has turned a blind eye to it. i don't see that the world has turned a blind eye to these other human rights abuses. you've name add few. the fact of the matter is the u.s. role is central, and the u.s. role enabled israel to continue to deny palestinians their freedom and that's why it's imperative the u.s. take steps to curtail and scale back i

to recognize israel as a jewish state. never defined what it means to be a jewish state and the united states did not. the united states did not recognize israel as a jewish state. egypt did not recognize israel as a jewish state. this is a new request that benjamin netanyahu made that was not made by previous prime ministers because netanyahu haas hostile idea to the two-state solution. under no circumstance could he envision israel removing his troops west of the river. >> i think it's nonsense. >> jim, the claim that palestinians would inevitably kill jews in the west bank. i have jewish friends, who live in the west bank. frankly 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 an

the problem between israel and arab world, when -- it's all israel, a state of israel, and from there -- it's only the leadership, it's not the state, not with the people, it's only with their leadership and it's not enough. >> i see a woman back there. if we could get the microphone to her. >> thank you, so much. i would like to ask about -- >> could you talk louder. >> i would like to ask about the arab initiative for peace that was submitted by saudi arabia in 2002. is it a good time to revisit this initiative? i would like also to ask about the relation with egypt? is there any cooperation between israeli and egypt regarding fighting all islamic groups and terrorists, and last question regarding -- there was some discussion between saudi arabia and egypt, and tehran island. can you elaborate a little bit about this discussion, because it was not only between egypt and saudi arabia, but u.s. and israel was involved in this discussion. what the logistics about these two island, is it secured or what's the -- what's -- >> thank you, i understand. >> thank you. >> i will start with th

i want to move to israel. the u.s. is behind the controversial criticizing israel's expansion of settlements. >> the united states did not draft or originate this resolution nor do we put it forward. >> john kerry also said this. >> we made clear to others including those on the security council that it was possible that resolution were to be balanced and it were to include references to insightment and terrorism that it was possible the united states would then not block it. >> so did the administration have a hand in this vote or not? with me right now former new hampshire governor, what do you think? >> happy new year to you? >> indeed. i want to get your perspective on these events today because these have been pretty startling to see and there are a lot of folks that are worried that the obama administration including israel that the obama administration quite purposely orchestrated this vote. what do you think really happened? >> look, i think what the obama administration has done is extremely clumsy and inept a