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West bank. while prime minister netanyahu has agreed to these talks and released the prisoners, he announced there would be 1,000 more houses being constructed on the west bank. let s understand, this is not some theoretical practice that s an interference in the peace process. this is an actual interference in the capacity to build a viable palestinian state. it s going to be an important part of secretary kerry s efforts to try to figure out what to do and for the israelis to figure out, can they do anything about these settlements rather than in effect just ignore the expansion is continuing. ambassador, following up on that as a final question, the old logic in the region was the idea that circulated that you had to get progress on peace between the israelis and palestinians to get wider cooperation in the region that, the road to beirut and damascus led through jerusalem. that s something folks have debated for years. walk us through how that changes now when you have so much ....