perhaps it s it would be historic outcome years and years as a consequence of israel s retention of the territories, no effective palestinian governments there. in fact on the ground make a comprehensive israeli withdrawal as well as security requirements from the west bank impossible. but again, i think we really are getting ahead of ourselves here. if you believe the reports that derive from john kerry s 14-month effort to create the parameters for a two-state solution prime minister of israel despite his public walk away which he is now walking back apparently has made some far reaching concessions on the issue of israeli withdrawal based on the june 67 borders with territorial land swaps. whether you get back to that sort of brokered process, i don t know. but again, we re talking more in
it sounds on the surface that a modest aim that put together the framework agreement as you just mentioned, a declaration of intentions and both sides, israel and palestinians will sign. in kerry visited the palestinians in ramallah, hundreds were chanting anti-american slogans and kerry, you coward, there s no place for you in palestine. in israel, more concrete objections, a plan to build 1300 more homes for jewish settlers in the west bank. despite 20 meeting last year and ten visits to the area by kerry, israel and palestinians are still far apart. he wants to agree on a document that repeats what is already known, that a peace agreement will include a palestinian state within the borders ever 1967 with agreed land swaps and mutual recognition and palestinian capital in east jerusalem. if there was any real will to proceed, it should be easy.
of settlements there and that greatly complicates any attachment for a deal any attempt for a deal. you wonder how they will get past the issue of the settlements. the proposals they considered in the past involved israeli land swaps for the larger settlements but it takes a strong israeli leader to close the smallest settlement and it takes a strong palestinian leader to agree that the larger settlements can remain and once you have drawn the borders you still have other issues like the status of jerusalem, the rights of palestinian refugees, and israeli security. secretary of state kerry says all of those issues are on the table. the parties agreed here today that all of the final status issues, all of the core issues, and all other issues, are all on the table for negotiations.
suspend settlement construction during the talks. they reportedly expect to build a thousand new units over the next nine months. palestinians are presidenting for a freeze and the israelis say if they won t accept a palestinian demand start from the pre1967 bored, with understanding of land swaps for larger israeli settlements. patti ann? patti ann: wendell goler live at the state department. thank you. bill: there is yet another showdown brewing over america s multitrillion dollar debt as the white house and some top pubs digging in their heels over how to pay the nation s bills. across-the-board cuts loom and if they can t agree on some kind of a plan. treasury secretary jack lew says the president will not agree to any new spending cuts. are you saying that the president would veto a bill, a, resolution to the budget shutdown, the budget crisis at the end of sent that included
on the west banks just a short time ago to push his plan. kerry meeting again with the palestinian authority president. you see him there. mahmoud abbas. they met yesterday in jordan before heading back to the west bank. terms of kerry s proposal have been kept secret, but reuters quoted an israeli government official as saying israel might be ready to give up territory it took in the 1967 war along with other land swaps. for decades, israel has refused to negotiate that issue. a spokesman for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, however, later denied plans to negotiate 67 borders as of now. there s a sense of anticipation in that part of the world at the moment. we must say. a former cia official reportedly in custody in panama on an arrest warrant issued by italy. his name is robert seldon lady, one of 24 american s convicted n italy in 2009 for kidnapping a terror suspect.