Palestinian Territories - Obama Presidency Oral History

...Sharon decided he would withdraw from Gaza , the administration made the decisio...

...to shape a security approach to the West Bank in 2008 by Condi, so he asked me t...

...to save a deep discussion of Israel and Palestine . Hopefully I can grab an hour and ...

...We will pick it up with Israel and Palestine next time. All right, great. Than...

...is notable about the issue of Israel- Palestine in the Obama administration is tha...

...does that shape what the Israel- Palestine negotiations are going to look lik...

...territory do all the settlements in the West Bank take up?' he would tell you 1....

...of negotiations between Israel and Palestine . A, how do you get there? And then b...

...to have an extended presence in the West Bank from a security standpoint.” And Ab...

...absorption of, say, five percent of the West Bank into Israel, and then there'll be ...

...the nation-state of the Jewish people. Palestine is the nation-state of the Palestinia...

...on this back channel between Israel and Palestine . And I was wondering if you could tel...

...in what you want to do on the ground in West Bank and Gaza. That was a natural area fo...

...to do on the ground in West Bank and Gaza . That was a natural area for me, bot...

...in Jerusalem, a lot of time in the West Bank . At one point, one of Presiden...

...for American Progress, throughout the West Bank as well as throughout Israel. Also, ...

...over time, and I'd also been in Gaza —not, again, in my government role, bu...

...points were in moving goods between West Bank and Gaza into Israel. I knew wher...

...in moving goods between West Bank and Gaza into Israel. I knew where Israel'...

...border crossings multiple times with Gaza and saw the changes over time. S...

...not the same thing, because southern West Bank was very different than northern Wes...

...Bank was very different than northern West Bank . I had a feel for the local politics...

...of settlements and the entire way the West Bank is viewed, as a result. As I recall...

...of what's happening in Israel and Palestine ? Oh, I think it's the first. It i...

...you could both improve the situation in Gaza and where some of the puts and take...

...milk factory in Hebron that shipped to Gaza regularly. And she asked questions...

...get four deliveries a day of milk to Gaza . She asked President Abbas thi...

...are far from perfect, and particularly West Bank water is quite complicated because o...

...rules, and some dismal situations in Gaza . But the United States—we used, ...

...of the various challenges of working in Gaza , to make sure that we could get tha...

...could support having that work done in Gaza —which by the way, Israel very muc...

...so that US assistance could flow to Gaza for important purposes; then, figur...

...amount of time I had spent all over the West Bank and in Gaza, and being able to make th...

...had spent all over the West Bank and in Gaza , and being able to make the case i...

...many trucks of goods were crossing the Gaza border to indicate how open or close...