pea europeans, have been asking them on do, accept israel s right to exist, renounce terrorism and accept all previous agreements. so far hamas hasn t been willing to do that. and i expect the israelis won t go along with any negotiations with a palestinian group that includes hamas. the u.s. has been on the fence on that. we might be a little bit more specific information from president obama today. i do suspect, though, as much as the palestinians and israelis are interested in what the president has to say as far as their issue is concerned, most of the president s speech will deal with the so-called arab spring, the democracy movement in north africa and the middle east and how it affects the united states. so it s probably going to be a much more much broader speech. this might be a difficult question for folkses to figure out, but what do you think the killing of bin laden how do you think that factors in to the president s ability to move
specifics today in this speech regarding the israeli-palestinian peace process, but at the very least tomorrow after the meeting with benjamin netanyahu then there will again be skepticism as to this process as there was in september of 2010 when we covered the peace summit at the white house. how much of this is really an excuse for some of the arab leaders? we ve heard that from the bush administration, from the obama administration, saying every single time we lay out this, you want us to solve the problem here and it s used as an excuse not to address their own economic problems, their own former dictatorships, their political problems at home. no. i think as far as the israeli-palestinian peace process is concerned it is a little bit different. the united states is seen as potentially an entity that can affect change. it is perceived in the middle east as working in the interest of israel before it works in the interest of the palestinians. i think that s the big difference he
though the president himself has called that a recruiting tool for al qaeda. on the other hand, of course in recent weeks, he led the mission that ended up killing osama bin laden. and he wants to aides say use this speech as a way to offer an alternative vision to people in the muslim world, alternative from al qaeda. he also wants to talk about libya, syria, the israeli peace process. that underlines the challenge, to try to take a step back after everyone s had a chance to take a breath, if you will, and take in what s really happened in the arab spring and then wrap all those other issues together. that is an awful lot that the president has on his 34r5iplate. i don t think anyone should come out of this saying east he ll solve the peace process or figures out what s next in syria. but instead what he wants to do after months of taking criticism for not weighing in enough and maybe not being consistent enough in his approach in the
as for security, every state has the right to self-defense, and israel must be able to defend itself, by itself, against any threat. provisions must also be robust enough to prevent a resurgence of terrorism, to stop the i infiltration of weapons and to provide effective border security. the full and phased withdrawal of israel military forces should be coordinated with the assumption of palestinian security responsibility in a sovereign, nonmilitarized state and the duration of this transition period must be agreed and the effectiveness of security arrangements must be demonstrated. these principles provide a foundation for negotiations. palestinians should know the territorial outlines of their state, israelis should know that their basic security concerns
security. the country would be even more of a threat if we haven t sent aid there over the years. and the just sent billions to the mubarak government. and no wars between egypt and israel since 1973. so you talk to traders here, they are in the stability camp. and everyone knows the big u.s. interests is clearly about the oiled, so how does what happened over there in the middle east paeaffect how much pay for gas here? anyone who has filled up their car knows the answer to that. take you a look at what oil prices have done so far this year, prices jumping following those outbreaks of unrest in egypt and libya. some of the biggest oil spikes came when there was fear of protests spreading to sawed dir saudi arabia. so you think prices are high now, you ll see those go through the roof. all right, thank you very