DONT WANT TO MISS THAT.
THATS TOMORROW AT 8:00 A.M.
EASTERN.
"THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS BEGINS RIGHT NOW.
>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING ONCE
AGAIN.
DAY 122 OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WHICH ENDS THIS
WEEK HAVING SURVIVED ITS FIRST
MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY CRISIS.
TONIGHT THE CEASE-FIRE THAT
ENDED 11 DAYS OF BACK AND FORTH
FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
HAMAS MILITANTS HAS NOW BEEN IN
EFFECT FOR JUST OVER 24 HOURS
AND APPEARS TO BE HOLDING.
THE CHALLENGE NOW OF COURSE TO
PREVENT SKIRMISHES WITH POLICE
LIKE THE ONE THAT ERUPTED TODAY
OUT IN THE OPEN IN JERUSALEM AND
KEEP THEM FROM ESCALATING AND
GETTING ANY LARGER.
THE PRESIDENT HAS CREDITED QUIET
INTENSE DIPLOMACY FOR BRINGING
ABOUT THE TRUTH, AND LATE TODAY
AS HE HOSTED SOUTH KOREAS
LEADER AT THE WHITE HOUSE HE
SUGGESTED THIS WOULD BE INDEED
HIS STRATEGY GOING FORWARD.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE
WERE ABLE TO GET THE CEASE-FIRE
IN 11 DAYS I DIDNT DO WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE.
I DONT TALK ABOUT WHAT I TELL
PEOPLE IN PRIVATE.
I DONT TALK ABOUT WHAT WE
NEGOTIATE IN PRIVATE.
>> THE PRESIDENT ADDED THE U.S.
WAS COMMITTED TO ISRAELS
SECURITY, BUT HE NOTED THERE WAS
REALLY ONLY ONE WAY TO GUARANTEE
A LASTING PEACE IN THE REGION.
>> WE STILL NEED A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION.
IT IS THE ONLY ANSWER.
WE RENEWED THE SECURITY
COMMITMENT AS WELL AS ECONOMIC
COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE ON THE
WEST BANK.
I ALSO INDICATED TO THE ISRAELIS
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT THEY STOP IN JERUSALEM THIS
INTERCOMMUNAL FIGHTING THAT IS
EXTREMES ON BOTH SIDES.
UNTIL THE REGION SAYS
UNEQUIVICLY
UNEQUIVOCALLY THEY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE RIGHT OF ISRAEL TO EXIST AS
AN INDEPENDENT STATE THERE WILL
BE NO PEACE.
>> NBC NEWS HAS NEW REPORTING
TONIGHT ON THE PRESIDENTS
HANDLING ON THIS CRISIS WITH
ISRAEL AND ON HIS MAIN
OBJECTIVE, QUOTE, HIS APPROACH
WAS STYLISTICALLY MUTED,
SUBSTANTIVELY MORE HARD LINED
THAN SOME OF HIS ALLIES HAD
EXPECTED.
IT WAS DRIVEN BY A SINGULAR
GOAL, TO END THE VIOLENCE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE SO HE COULD
TRAIN HIS FOCUS BACK ON HIS
DOMESTIC AGENDA.
MEANWHILE THE 11-DAY CONFLICT IN
ISRAEL COMES WITH AN UGLY AFTER
EFFECT.
A RISE IN ATTACKS ON JEWS IN OUR
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE GLOBE.
DATA FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION
LEAGUE ALSO NOTED AN INCREASE IN
HATE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND
THERE ARE NEW CALLS FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS THIS
GROWING WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM.
EARLIER ON THIS NETWORK THE HEAD
OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE RECENT
ATTACKS.
>> I DO FEEL SCARED AND IVE
FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, FORMER MANAGING EDITOR
OF TIME MAGAZINE.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO YOU
ALL.
GIVEN YOUR BAILIWICK AND THE
FACT I HAVENT TALKED TO YOU
FOREVER ID LIKE TO BEGIN WITH
YOU.
THE OPINION OF HOW THE PRESIDENT
DID THIS NAVIGATING OVERSEAS IS
THE HARD PART INDEED TO COME AND
THINGS HAVE CHANGED VISA VI U.S.
AND ISRAEL.
>> YES, BRIAN, ITS GOOD TO SEE
YOU AGAIN.
ITS BEEN A LONG TIME.
I THINK HE HANDLED IT ADMIRABLY.
ITS A SIGN OF WHAT THE
BIDEN-BLINKEN DIPLOMACY IS,
DELIBERATE, CAUTIOUS, SAYING
WHAT YOU MEAN, TALKING BEHIND
THE SCENES.
ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE HAVENT
TALKED ABOUT IS BIDENS
RELATIONSHIP WITH BIBI.
ITS NOT A STATE SECRET WHEN I
SAY BARACK OBAMA AND NETANYAHU
DIDNT HAVE A LOVE AFFAIR.
HE SUPPORTED HIM FOR 30 YEARS
AND WHEN HE SAYS TO BIBI, LOOK,
YOUVE GOT TO CUT THIS OUT, BIBI
KNOWS HE HAS TO DO THAT.
THAT REALLY WASNT THE CASE WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
AND IM SO GLAD AND RELIEVED
THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MENTIONED
THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLAYED
A GAME AND KIND OF PRETENDED IT
DIDNT EXIST, BUT BIDEN SAID,
LOOK, IF THIS IS THE ONLY
ANSWER, YOU KNOW, TO PARAPHRASE
WINSTON CHURCHILL THE TWO-STATE
SOLUTION IS THE WORST SOLUTION
OF ALL EXCEPT FOR ALL THE
OTHERS.
THERE REALLY ISNT ANY
ALTERNATIVE, AND ITS GETTING
HARDER YEAR BY YEAR.
ITS HARDER BECAUSE OF HAMAS
DONT GET ALONG AND THEYRE TWO
SEPARATE PLACES SO YOU HAVE TO
MAKE A DEAL WITH TWO PEOPLE.
HAMAS WAS PROBABLY STRENGTHENED
BY WHAT JUST HAPPENED OVER THE
PAST 11 DAYS.
TO YOUR LAST QUESTION, YEAH, NOW
BEGINS THE HARD PART.
>> AND SEASON FROM YOUR PERCH,
COMING OFF THE COMMENTS WE JUST
HEARD FROM RICK, HOW DID THEY DO
AT BALANCING AGENDAS, WALKING
AND CHEWING GUM FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC IN THE COURSE OF THE
SAME 11 DAYS?
>> I THINK THE WHITE HOUSE IS
FINDING WHAT PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS
HAVE ALSO DISCOVERED WHICH IT IS
VERY HARD TO SET YOUR PRIORITIES
AND KEEP YOUR EYE ON THEM
BECAUSE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING
THAT DEMAND YOUR ATTENTION.
THIS WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT WANT
TO ADOPT THIS GOAL AND A
PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I THINK THEY SEE THAT AS NOT
REALISTIC, BUT IT IS NOT AN
ISSUE THEY CAN IGNORE, WHICH IS
ONE THING THAT WAS CLEAR WITH
THE PRESIDENTS ACTIONS IN
TRYING TO STEP THE VIOLENCE WE
SAW THERE.
THEIR PREFERENCE IS TO GET BACK
TO ISSUES THAT INVOLVE THE
PANDEMIC AND THE U.S. ECONOMY
AND FOR THEIR FOREIGN POLICY
AGENDA, THEYRE MUCH MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT CHINA, FOR
INSTANCE, THAN THEY ARE ABOUT
GETTING IMMESHED IN THE ISRAELI
PAL STAINIAN
PALESTINIAN CONFLICT.
I THINK YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT