cnn international. take a listen. now is time not for negotiations. it s time for decisions. we know, palestinians and israelis know today, that all issues are doable, including jerusalem, refugees, security, et cetera, and they require decisions. palestinians and israelis know that they don t need to eat the apple from the start and reinvent the wheel. palestinians and israelis know that if not this year, next year, and ten years time it will be a two-step solution on the 1967 lines, palestine next to the state of israel. and the difference in time here is how many lives for israelis palestinians will be saved. you know, you were talking about it a little earlier that it was really the president here is biting off a lot. a lot of his predecessors and tried this before, and leading into it, you are hearing the chief negotiator not reinventing
your very existence. after that benjamin netanyahu spoke, the president abass says he s ready to resume peace talks in israel freezes settlement constructi construction. that seems unlikely especially as we heard news from i shally from an ngo but confirmed by the mayor office in jerusalem that another settlement unit had been approved. just as john kerry condemning 30,000 units and 100 new settlers since barack obama becoming president. just at that moment he s making appeal and a new settlement was aprover approved in jerusalem. thank you so much. you are negotiator and former director of the palestine delegation of the united states
draw being midnight mass with the latin patriarch of jerusalem made special mention of plastan president abass and one of those allowing the pass of the u.n. resolution on friday and on the minds of people who attended mass today. politics aside, tourism numbers were up in bethlehem because of the quiet, compared to last year when there was a wave of terror attacks in part of israel, including jerusalem and the west bank leading up to christmas and on christmas eve and christmas day. so while it may be calmer this year, there is always an underlying tension as terrorism and war continues to plague the middle east and that was part of the message today at the vatican. thousands packed st. peter s square to here pope francis s christmas message calling for peace and co existence in a world he said scarred by war,
benjamin netanyahu. later he will meet separately with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. suzanne malveaux joins us. i haven t had a real sense of whether expectations were high, low, or nonexistent for this summit, but the chief palestinian negotiator put down a marker last hour saying it is not time for more talks. it is time for decisions to be taken. let s listen to a little bit of that sound and then i ll have you comment on it. now it s time not for negotiations. it s time for decisions. we know, palestinians and israelis know today, that all issues are doable, including jerusalem, refugees, security, et cetera, and they require decisions. palestinians and israelis know that they don t need to eat the apple from the start. they don t need to reinvent the wheel. palestinians and israelis know