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State department says secretary

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Antony blinken will urge an end

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to this cycle of violence when

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he gets the region next week.

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Let's get some perspective now

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on all this from --

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a former state department

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negotiator, now a senior fellow

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at the --

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international peace.

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Great to have you on the show.

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Why do you make of this

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decision by the Palestinian

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authority to hold security

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cooperation with Israel?

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Clearly, the situation, as we

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heard from hadas, there, is

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very volatile.

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>> This was not the first time

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and probably won't be the last.

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I think that --

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under extraordinary pressure in

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the 18th year of a four-year

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term, most Palestinians,

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according to --

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accusing the Palestinian

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authority of incompetence and

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corruption and worse.

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Somehow the policeman for the

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state of Israel policing the

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west bank against enemy

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occupation.

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It's in a tough position, he's

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done it before.

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I suspect when it comes to what

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I would describe as ticking

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bombs, that is to say

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Palestinian authorities

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receiving permission of an

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imminent terrorist attack in

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Israel, probably even the west

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bank, and they would continue

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to cooperate there.

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This is not surprising, nor,

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frankly, is it insurgency raids

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in Geneva, which they have been

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undertaking for the last eight

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or nine months at considerable

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cost.

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>> How much, David, has the

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recent election, one of the

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most right-wing governments in

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Israeli history, how much is

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that inflaming an already

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volatile association?

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And of the rates were already

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happening under --

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how much do you think that is

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inflaming the situation?

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>> I'll point out the fact that

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more Palestinians were killed

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in 2022 at any point since 2005,

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under both the benefit

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governments.

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The Israeli governments they

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are three of the most extremist

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ministers to ever hold a

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position, budgets and authority,

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in any Israeli government.

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It's already demonstrated to me

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that the situation,

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particularly in the west bank,

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in and around Jerusalem, is

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going to get worse.

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You've got an Israeli

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government that have official

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guidelines asserting exclusive

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and unquestioned right to the

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lands of Israel, the Jordanians

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from the west bank in

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Jerusalem.

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The situation is going to get

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worse before it gets worse.

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The painful reality that the

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ministry should understand, a

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pathway out of this just to

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stabilize the situation to