no more moves from obama. still has about three weeks to worry, for netanyahu, until he s dealing with the man he wants to deal with, president-elect trump. oren liebermann, thank you. a spokesman for the prime minister talking to cnn this morning. here s what he had to say this morning about what the real holdup to peace was in his view. what was so disappointing about secretary kerry s speech is it didn t really deal with the core issue of why this conflict continues to rage. and that has precisely nothing to do with the presence of jews in the west bank and everything to do with the palestine leadership s continued refusal to recognize a jewish state. israel s prime minister has called on president abbas literally to meet hundreds of times for peace talk, even invited him to the knesset. president abbas said no to recognizing israel as a jewish state, no to direct negotiations. since the disagreement right now seems focused on the kerry