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russia, as well as more military assets moving into eastern europe and ukraine. while both sides emerged without any real victory, discussions did move forward on other issues. including the positioning of missiles that point at each other and how the two countries could carry out military exercises with more transparency. but it remains to be seen whether russia is taking this diplomacy seriously. or intends to invade ukraine regardless. we have to be prepared that russia was using this week of diplomacy and the meeting with the united states as a pretext for conflict. that they very well may walk away from these discussions and declare that diplomacy has failed. reporter: jake, we have just learned from numerous sources speaking to our colleagues that in the lead up to these talks just a few weeks ago in late december, the biden administration released another $200 million in military aid for ukraine. of course, that could go way up if russia decides to invade ukr ....
wanting what blinken can t give, either, parody with u.s. support saying our people will not accept a continuation of the occupation forever. blinken offering a small bump in aid, help with a legacy phone network and a warning for israelis and palestinians not to threaten the possibility of a two-state solution. we oppose any action by either side that makes that goal more difficult to achieve, more distant and we ve been clear this includes things like settlement expansion and of course, incitement to violence. reporter: stronger words than many expected but here actions speak loudest. the fact is israel has this story, the two state solution. israel is making sure there is no viable sovereign palestinian statement expanding settlements, stealing more land. reporter: for the young, blinken s dip lomacy a double whammy. no faith in the leadership and no hope blinken can deliver. our leadership is incapable of delivering what we want the 18-year-old tells us. i d ....
And the situation remains the same. his neighbor running the nearby nut store even more down beat. it s from bad to worse he tells us. someone who is against our cause, what can we expect from him? even experts in the art of diplomacy here see irony that ultimately weakens their leaders. only enhances the palestinian lack of trust and turns people toward individual actions saying we will defend ourselves and resist. reporter: inside the meeting, not an easy dynamic. blinken wanting what ill afofor to giving. ....
Stealing more land. reporter: for the young, blinken s dip lomacy a double whammy. no faith in the leadership and no hope blinken can deliver. our leadership is incapable of delivering what we want the 18-year-old tells us. i don t see a two-state solution he says. maybe between us and the jewish people, but with the israeli occupiers, never. nic robertson is here in studio with me. what was your take away? the lack of credibility the palestinian authority president has. one of the reasons is because israeli troops are able to come into the west bank and pal spin yip citizens are getting killed so that undermines his ability to stand up for the palestinians and say i can take security. what does that look like? ....
That s why i ve said it has to be on both sides. it got to be a way that for example, the united states has programs that are on the ground now of which we need to move further so we can talk about diplomacy a little bit more, reduced tension and get compromise and i think bringing the sides together, in fact, king abdullah said there should be some kind of way, a summit, if you will, of all of the aham abraham accords and on the palestinian side as you have indicated on this show, the head of the palestinian authority is very weak and so there is a problem there on that side because of the weakness of the leadership of the pal stestinia but right now, reduce the tensions and then let s try to figure out how we get this compromise and some diplomacy in so we don t have a devastation and jake, i m worried.dullah sa ....