some of the animosity here. it s the fact netanyahu said repeatedly he doesn t want this to be internationalized. he wants it to be direct negotiations and yet the palestinians have made it clear they don t trust him on that. as further evidence of that point, there s an international peace conference scheduled for january 15th in maparis, 70 nations coming together to find consensus on how to solve these issues. netanyahu has said he s not attending. so if it s known netanyahu didn t want a speech like this to happen, if he thinks this would tie israel s hands in terms of any movement in negotiation, and kerry you would assume knows that, is this another parting shot? the u.n. vote, u.n. security council vote was widely soon ee a parting shot from the obama administration. is this speech another parting shot? i don t know if it s entirely that petty or that sort of focused just on this moment but it is certainly a legacy statement.
rescue workers have recov recovered a flight recorder from the russian military plane that crashed into the black sea over the weekend. officials have not announced the cause of that crash, but they re anxious to squelch speculation that it might have been caused by a bomb planted on board or portable air defense missile. russia s domestic security agency said it found no indications or facts pointing to a terror attack or act of sabotage. all 92 onboard the plane are believed to have died when it crashed two minutes after taking off en route to syria. israel is doubling down on their pub lilic feud with the oa administration saying they have ironclad information proving washington s role, declaring israeli settlements illegal. correspondent john huddy reports the outrage from jerusalem. reporter: the fight between israel and the united states over last week s u.n. vote is heating up. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu summoned the u.s. ambassador and according to one offici
in moments we ll speak to david. he has seen the evidence linking the obama white house to friday s u.n. vote. first we go to correspondent john in jerusalem. well, sandra the heavy weights fight between israel and the united states continues tonight and a senior israeli official tells me he has seen sensitive information from arab sources that he says will prove without a doubt that the obama administration was indeed behind this resolution and also the senior official says that the u.s. may propose another resolution in the coming weeks to preempt israeli palestinian talks. now that said, prime minster benjamin netanyahu over the weekend called the resolution a shameful ambush by the obama administration and that israel will hold its ground regarding
part that he was very much disagreeing with the policy. he tweeted, we cannot continue to let israel be treated with total disdain and disrespect. he went on to say this will all change on january 20th. prime minister netanyahu tweeted in response that president-elect trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support for israel. netanyahu called your proposals and the vote shameful. he has said it was a coordinated, orchestrated attempt by you. to the vote, the resolution, yeah. i made it clear today exactly what the background is to that, andrea. we are proud of the vote we cast because it was the right vote. we are defending israel and defending the two-state solution and the possibility of peace. against what i described today
any conversation that i have had and i have probably had more conversations with more arab leaders than any secretary in recent memory regarding this. george mitchell was the negotiator for the administration in the first term. he said that the abstention, failing to block the vote was a mistake. that s his judgment. we have a different point of view. i have expressed it as clearly as i know how today. donald trump made his views clear on this. keeps saying, you know, shameful, january 20 things will change. he s also weighed in on twitter on china not returning the china china not returning the drone, on taiwan as you know, on nuclear weapons. how difficult is it to be the secretary of state reporting to the presidt when the president-elect is weighing in on so many different issues?