From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

A defiant Israel and an American reprimand.

I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in from Warren Alney, and this is To the Point.

Israel is railing at the Obama administration for not

vetoing a U.N. vote last week condemning settlements in the West Bank. In retaliation, it's pulling

envoys and advancing plans for new settlements in East Jerusalem, where Palestinians envision

a future capital. Today, outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry took Israel and Prime Minister

Netanyahu to task in a speech making a final plea for keeping the two-state solution alive.

We'll talk about the Kerry plan, get reaction from Jerusalem, and ask where U.S. Mid-Ease policy is headed under the Trump administration.

And on today's talking point, ethics green and bad behavior in corporate America, the psychology of white-collar criminals.

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This is To the Point. I'm Barbara Bogave in for Warren.

Olney. It's nice to have you with us this holiday week.

Coming up later in the show, what's to be learned from talking to white-collar criminals?

The psychology of top executives who break bad.

So stay with us for that.

First, our main topic, the latest salvo in the diplomatic tensions between Israel and the U.S.

Secretary of State John Kerry issued a bluntly worded final plea today and warned that the so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian

conflict is in serious jeopardy. It comes five days after a UN Security Council vote condemning

Israel settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Laura Rosen is diplomatic correspondent

for All Monitor and online publication covering the Middle East.

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