ramallah, the palestinian capital and tel-aviv and israel. they have made it clear they will not support this. the united states also does not want to be left in the position of standing with israel, perhaps against much of the rest of the outside world, vetoing a measure that favors the palestinians, particularly in the context of the arab spring. so the u.s. is trying to jump-start negotiations, which seem to be happening. the israeli prime minister netanyahu offered to talk to ma m mud abbas. there may be some movement on negotiations before theest comes to pass on friday. how much pressure is the president getting from arab allies and those countries involved in arab spring, basically to play ball with the palestinian s palestini palestinians? reporter: well, the united states role in the arab spring has been controversial in the arab world and somewhat incoherent if you will. on the one hand the united states has intervened forcefully in libya, on the other hand they ve said