would you support israel? will you stand together with israel, democratic, ethical state, which is trying to defend citizens or do you stand idle in the face of murderous terrorist organizations which kills our people and inflicts cruelty upon its own citizens. citizens of israel, our army continues to work toward the compilation of this operation. after completion of destruction of the tunnels, we will regroup according to our security needs and only according to our security needs, while our overall goal is to restore calm and peace for you, citizens of israel. >> so there he is, the prime minister of israel making a statement, saying once the tunnels are destroyed, he says israel will begin the process of redeploying presumably, begin the process of removing the ground forces who have gone into gaza and the defense minister, by the way, of israel is now speaking, but a significant statement from the prime minister saying that he believes most of the operation, military operation against the tunnels, against

you see this framing as israel versus hamas. kind of frame this as this is a war that israel is having against hamas not against the palestinians. and i see a lot of jews kind of forming this kind of opinion. no we aren't pro-palestine, not supporting the are situation. >> i'm going to put this conversation on pause. still ahead, is the next generation of jewish americans upholding their parents' values or taking a shart depaparture, stay where you are. >> it's really the duty ofamerin obligation to be critical of that israeli government because what the israeli government does, they do in our name. i think particularly young american jews are becoming much more critical. >> welcome back. we're discussing how the gaza-israel crisis has impacted the american view of the situation. pro-palestinian, pro-israel what do you think about that? >> i consider myself pro-israel and pro-palestine, i want to see peace between these sides. you can be both and the majority of american jews are. >> cory. is there a widening generational shift

there is no conflict between israel and palestine israel palestine is a single unitary state and it is a conquest being carried out by the jewish state in order to dispossess and ghettoize as many palestinians as possible it's been going on for seventy years the population of the gaza strip are eighty percent refugees living in the second most overcrowded area on earth they are the victims of this ongoing campaign of dispossession and that's the root of their resistance when they turn to violence it is because of the seventy year legacy of dispossession we need to see that and the siege and the ongoing siege the eight year long siege of the gaza strip which is develop this area deliberately as part of seventy years of dispossession ghetto is ation an expulsion order to consolidate the ethnic purity of the jewish state morton. well of course this is utter nonsense. this is simply due to the palestinian arabs and the arab world's refusal to allow and accept jews living in their midst twenty two percent of israel are muslims and christians the arabs were offered a state in one nine hundre

styming israel. that's what matters opinion here. will israel be allowed to defend itself? not asking for american troops never in all the five wars never. it simply asks its american friends to understand that it is the subject of a war crime war and needs to defend itself. it's got no other option. geraldo, if we were getting rockets to new york and washington, do you have any doubt that we would be counter attacking? and if the enemy had their rockets hidden in cities, would we not, tryings to to go after missile sites the answer is yes. >> charles, thank you very much. >> it's a pleasure. >>> most americans are firm in their support of israel. there are some cracks within the jewish community itself. i'll talk about it with the one and only professor allen dershowitz after this. showitz a huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a l

in favor of israel. but guess what? that's the way the media works. on the balance, i think it's a very tough battle to figure out who's ahead and it varies from moment to moment. you know, when you look at what happens, when israel was heavily criticized for some of the civilian casualties that came out of what they were doing, it was one thing. when the israelis were the recipients of 2900 missiles that were armed missiles, it went in the other direction. some people will call it bias, some people will call it reasoned judgment. >> rula, welcome live. my wife, erica, like you, i have a jewish spouse, to cancel our subscription to "the new york times" because she thinks it's biased against israel. you made a statement, very bold and powerful statement on msnbc that the media was biased against the palestinians in favor of israel. which is it in >> it's very simple. look at not only how much air time we give israeli officials versus palestinian officials. without challenging israeli positions, not on the

to call it apartheid is a gift to israel. what is happening there is much worse. >> as a new 72 hour cease-fire takes hold in gaza, we turn to the world-renowned dissident and linguist m.i.t. professor noam chomsky. in part two of our conversation, we talk about u.s. support for israel, the boycott divestment and sanctions movement known as bds, and the blockade of gaza. >> israeli experts have calculated in detail exactly how dozenslories, literally, need to survive. if you look at the sanctions they imposed, i mean, even john kerry condemned them bitterly. their sadistic. just enough calories to survive. >> noam chomsky for the hour. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama warning of a lengthy bombing campaign in northern iraq as u.s. airstrikes enter a fifth day. over the weekend, u.s. warplanes and drones attack what the pentagon said were artillery positions in armored trucks along into the militant group islamic state near the k

all respect israel's right to defend itself. for some perspective we have ronnie castrels, former member of the african national congress, antiapartheid caves. activist, we are glad to have you with us. why is it many searches identify with the palestinian -- south africans identify with the palestinian struggle for self determination? >> well, this is a just cause. stealing people's land, repressing them. that has to be answered with resistance. the palestinian resistance is being courageous, of course as a noble cause supported by the people. and we see in the way the israeli government occupies the territory to denude people of their human rights, does all these absolute barbaric things that we have seen on your very good program today, i mean, you're talking about ethnic cleansing. we're talking genocide -- we're talking infantocide -- >> there is a security problem that allows them no option but to deal it in this way? >> let's -- sorry, i know you've got to put the balance . let's put that aside. that is balderdash. this i

taking over parts of the west bank, that israel intends to integrate into israel. presumably, they will ultimately annex in some fashion, as long as the u.s. continues to support it. and block them from the international community. am, as this whole month has unfolded in images of the carnage have spread around the world, what is your assessment of the impacts of the already abysmal relationship that exists between the united states government and the arab and muslim world? i'm thinking especially of the young arabs and muslims aroudn world who may not have been exposed to prior atrocities in this conflict. >> first, we have to sand wedge between muslim and arab populations. there is a striking difference. the governments are mostly dictatorships. when you read in the press that the arabs support us on is thato, what is meant the dictators support us, not the populations. are moderatelyps supportive of what the rest -- u.s. and israel are doing. that includes the dictatorship in egypt and saudi arabia. saudi arabia has been the closest ally in the region. they are

they're aimed at israel. they're antiisrael and antisemitic proprotests. >> isn't it scary to see it in europe, africa, middle east. israel, it's bad enough they're surrounded by islamic jihad and hezbollah and isis and al qaeda. now you've got it in europe and africa and surrounded by a country? >> part of this is is is the result of hamas' policy of using human shields and causing the media to be more around the world dead palestinian children caused by their use of mu man shield which insights hatred, insights violence against jews around the world. they're using jews as proxy. >> the propaganda campaign by hamas has been effective in creating a backlash against the israelis who are only defending themselves. >> extremely effective. unfortunately our world leaders in many cases have not stood up and told the truth as they know it to be. they've been pandering too much to the minority communities sometimes in their country and to islamic feeling which is a hugely significant. >> with the rise of antisemitis

we're on the ground in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made it clear there can be no end to this until all of the tunnels are destroyed. i saw with my own eyes just how extensive and sophisticated they really are. take a look. >> you, meaning the israelis, actually dug down. you knew this tou that's deep. >> it's very deep. we know that the tunnel in front of us is about 14 meters deep. in order to allow us access to it and really operational flexibility to deal with the tunnel, we had to dig and to get down there. >> look how far down. it's a pretty steep hill. >> yeah. >> and you guys actually excavated this. watch out there. it's steep. so that you can have access. this is actually a midpoint of the tunnel? >> yes. this is an access point. we know that the projected exit point was actually about 300 meters from the nearest community, residential community right here. so it's clear to us and it's obvious from what we see on the ground that the goal was to have -- >> exactly. 10, 15 hamas terrorists

not just israel but jews. so in the sense from my point of view, if it is going to be quiet in israel, it will be quiet in gaza. as simple as it gets. we really want to use this time to try and do something we haven't done in the past. that is to demilitarize gaza on the one hand. but be connected to the reconstruction of gaza. this time without terror tunnels, without thousands of missiles and without the money that was given by good people and basically, go to the people gaza, but went to hamas. we definitely have something against terror organization. >> what would demilitarize look like to you? since hamas doesn't seem interested in laying down arms. >> it is very simple. instead of investing money in missiles, we will invest in kindled gardens and schools and hospitals and create a situation where a gaza from an economic point of view, would blossom. it can become, continue he had of a launching pad, missiles against israel, funded by those with the amazing donation. that money could go into good causes f

had criticized israel? the story of this last weekend was after the last attack on a u.n. shelter, the u.s. said enough, and as soon as that happened, they stopped. >> that is a good illustration. about humanit is shields and we are trying to avoid human casualty. in that case, there were three guys on a motorcycle that they wanted to target. they could have waited a minute before they had driven on a bit and then attacked when no one else was around, but no. they attacked them when they are outside of a u.n. school sheltering 3000 displaced people. and surprise, surprise, many of those people are injured and killed. at that point, the u.s. said we have had enough. this is outrageous. they should have said that weeks ago. that may have pushed israel to stop these methods of warfare, but the reflex in washington is to support israel no matter what and to not talk about the way it's fighting, just to talk about self-defense and the hamas rocket attacks. yes, everyone wants to see the indiscriminate rocket att

towards israel. earlier in the day anecdotally i heard from a palestinian friend who has a home near the border crossing with egypt. his wife had found him urgently and her words she said the israelis were shelling in that area around rafa. that is what we're also hearing now from the palestinian health authority. they say the shelling in southern gaza this morning after the supposed start of cease-fire. at least four palestinians were killed and 15 others were wounded in that shelling. >> all right. so, carl. let's just reset for a second. you're safe where you are, i assume, so i'll keep you on the phone. the video we're showing you is footage from palestinian television during a period that there was supposed to be a cease-fire. karl, what you are saying, after the cease-fire was supposed to begin you saw tanks from israel maneuvering and saw them firing, is that accurate? >> reporter: that is absolutely correct. we were in a position approximately 700 yards from the border. we observed israeli ta

israel must do more. in a statement it said the suspicion that militants are operating near does not justify strikes that put at risk the lives of many innocent civilians. a spokesman called the shelling another gross violation of international law. the u.n. agency denounced the attack. there's no doubt that insufficient measures of precaution and control and protection are taken. including by the israeli defence force when engaging in gaza. >> the work is almost complete, and ground troops will be deployed. israel says it will not participate in ceasefire talks. the israeli ambassador says the priority now is to see that hamas is unable to rearm in the future. >> we don't want to see us leaving, allowing hamas to use the time to rearm thousands of rockets, more tunnels, we have to hake sure we have an effective mechanism to prevent rearming. >> the european union is calling for the bloodshed to stop, and is pushing israeli and palestinian leaders to work towards a political solution, a few that the pales

israel was brave to launch its aggression the international system of justice is a -- and israel only steps up its actions but the voice of justice is failing. the onc calls upon the international community to respect its responsibilities, to promote justice and to ensure that perpetrators of crime is against the palestinian people. this disaster requires a rapid response rapid assistance medical humanitarian, food all kinds of assistance. this assistance needs to reach those have been displaced in the blockade on gaza needs to be lifted to ensure humanitarian assistance reaches those who needed need it the most. israeli aggression against gaza is a shameful blot on mankind's conscience. or for mankind as a whole. it has failed to work to express their condemnation thank you sir. >> the representative of saudi arabia who spoke on the half of the oic and i now have the pleasure to give the floor to the distinguished representative of kuwait if i do so may i remind member states that we have a very long list please share your interventions and don't make them longer than three minutes s

israel know the number while how many palestinian civilians israel has killed. up to minute 1700 martyr while we killed israel by admission, 63 soldiers. we kill soldiers while they kill palestinian civilians. >> but because -- because you're firing your rockets from civilian neighborhoods. that's where you're firing your rockets from. your rockets are fired indiscriminately to civilian areas, tel aviv, jerusalem. president obama says you're firing your rockets from civilian neighborhoods. and you know what that means, you will have high civilian casualties. critics are saying the only reason you're doing this is so you get the international outpouring of international sympathy because of the high civilian casualties. >> it is unfortunate that the u.s. administration and the president obama have adopted the israeli narrative. which is a lie. hamas sacrifices itself for its people and does not use its people as a human shield to protect its soldiers. these are lies and hamas does not seek international sympathy through its own victims. >> what are you prepared to

, israel destroys it? i think there is a real push on the part of the administration to try to bring the parties together to take this to use a cliche, to another level and try to find some sort of enduring -- >> sure. >> and i am not hopeful because nobody changed their position. >> let me get back to mr. seigman. >> rabbi. >> the rabbi. okay. there is no doubt the israelis have a right to defend themselves against rockets. they have a right to go in and destroy the tunnels. overall to secure their people. where i agree with him is this: the united states of america, i don't think we have been a truly good friend of israel. we are basically a carbon copy of their policy. what the united states, given $150 billion of oil these years, we should have insisted stop building the settlements in the west bank. you're giving us trouble and don't overdo it in gaza because you're hurting us. you're the custodian of our reputation. in other words, we need a pro- israeli policy. nobody believes you should cut ties wi

thank you. >>> and we should note that congressman israel's trip is being paid for by the american israel foundation, a group by apac. militants caught in the act. >>> 80% of gaza -- >> a reporter in gaza just steps away from a rocket as it goes off on live television showing just how close these missiles were to innocent people on the ground. plus, small groups of protesters who want their voices heard. one side celebrating the deaths of palestinian children and the other eager to watch israelis die. how much sway do these groups have in the peace process? but with med-care, i don't have to! waiting to get my diabetic supplies is such a hassle . they deliver everything i need right to my door! with free shipping! plus, med-care takes private policies, medicaid, even my medicare! now we have the time to do the things we love. med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> welcome back to "the lead," live once again from jerusalem. it is day two now of a three-day cease-fire. we on "the lead" have covered the grisly civilian death toll in gaza at length and we've put israeli officials on the spot

israel. we're in tel aviv tonight and four days after heavy violence between israel and hamas, benjamin netanyahu addressed reporters yesterday to not only express deep regret for every civilian casualty but also to defend his country's response to the hamas terror attacks. i sat down for a one-on-one interview with the minister. let's take a look. >> mr. prime minister, great to see you again. >> good to see you, sean. welcome to israel. >> it's been a rough five weeks for you. >> for everybody. >> everyone. >> every interview that you have given and yesterday in your press conference you challenged the world to put themselves in israel's position. what would you do if your country were attacked by 3500 rockets? what would you do if tunnels of terrorists were built to attack your citizens? i want you to expand on that. >> well, i think we're in a terrible conflict with a terrible enemy and we regret -- i personally regret and the people of israel regret every civilian casualty that we have.

as it happened as israel. skule did its terror bombing in gaza targeting one you one shelter after another un shelter after another you one showed that the international outcry in particular from the un the fish use even including amazingly banking moon finally put obama an extremely embarrassing situation and he discovered that. eight hundred people were killed and gaza was reduced to rubble hospitals were targeted schools were targeted mosques were risk targeted but suddenly he discovered because of the international outcry that. israel was committing atrocities in gaza and that was curtains from that he had to and he had to enter the ground invasion and of course they were they release that state of condemnation of israel's bombing of that u.n. school but converse land capitol hill there was just that unanimous vote to give israel two hundred twenty five million more dollars even the most progressive members of congress voted in favor of this norman when it comes to israel where does this stranglehold over

this government of israel, which put the extreme right in israel, with some openly fascist byments in it, but supported a majority of the israeli people , does not want to give up the occupied territories of the west , and indirectly occupied territories of gaza. .hat is the whole point if we are ready to give up this territory and allow the palestinians to set up their own nation state of palestine, then the problem is solved. there will be some discussions about details, about this part or that part. basically the problem would be solved and we shall have peace. but this government does not agree to give up the west bank. uphas but up -- it has put dozens of israeli jewish settlements, it is supporting these settlements, it is going to put up more settlements. if you put up settlements in the west bank, you cannot have a palestinian state. one must realize the west bank and gaza together, the occupied territories, altogether % of the historic land of palestine. i was a citizen of palestine before 1948. palestine of this country of palestine, 22% are occupied territories in which the

to obliterate israel. it wants to destroy the jews. it even suggests trees and inanimate objects will speak out and call out if the jews are hiding behind them so they can be killed by thoserighteous. it is a sick twisted perverted ideology, a religion hijacked by radicals and manifests itself in different forms. muslim brotherhood, islamic jihad, isis, al qaeda, and we actually go into the history tonight. >> 10:00 p.m. tonight, hannity will be aired from israel. tomorrow night is the night we're all looking forward to seeing the interview with prime minister netanyahu. 10:00 tonight and don't miss tomorrow night. thank you, sean. >> great work, greta. great work last night. i was watching what you're doing. >> nothing like what you're doing. thank you. >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> >>> joining us from new york is am b ambassador in new york. >> good evening. >> what is the impact of what's going on? you have the secretary general, ban ki-moon saying israel is guilty of war crimes in gaza. put those tw

and israel and must stop. military operation must be proportionate and in line with international law.nitarian civilians must be protected at all times. let me take this opportunity to icularly in the presence its work partner for on the ground. of ondemn the shelling schools and it is unacceptable that innocent displaced were taking shelter in clearly identified nd designated u.n. areas after being called on by the israeli military to evacuate their homes killed. we call for these incidents to to nvestigated and results be published. there must be justice for the victims and international a collective responsibility. we also extend our condolences of anra milies personnel who lost their lives condemn theacks and missing of rockets and other militant groups in u.n. premises. vialability must be protected. this tragic escalation and toll previous ds that of outbreaks of violence should ensurehen our resolve to this never recurs. in order for the cease-fire to must acknowledge that the situation in gaza is unsus

but america supports israel. americans support israel. and john kerry supports israel. >> quickly, elise. >> alan, it is true that israel obviously is a democracy and has a free press. but these were leaks that were coming from israeli officials. and the administration felt that this was a message that was put out by the israeli government that the united states did not have israel's best interests at heart. and given all the support that the u.s. has given israel over the years, i think they just took a lot of offense to that. >> peter, the secretary has said that he is trying to build some momentum, some good will on each side. but the israelis have insisted that they want complete demilitarization of gaza. is this a non-starter for gaza, a non-starter for palestinians? >> i would be thrilled to see gaza demilitarized. the question is who is going to do it? israel is not going to go house to house throughout the gaza strip and demilitarize it. is the u.n. going to do it? you cannot ultimately separate the military problem, which is thes

patience with israel appears to be wearing thin. >> reporter: as israel presses the offensive against hamas in gaza, historic ties with the united states are fraying. some say to a new low. >> the relationship is one between two very close allies and there are tensions between them at this moment. >> reporter: in one of the toughest u.s. attacks on israel during the obama administration, the state department called the latest shelling on a school in gaza appalling and as casualties mount said there should be a change in israeli behavior. >> when you have a situation where innocence civilians are killed in gaza, there's more that israel can do to hold themselves to their own standards. >> reporter: sharp criticism rarely heard when israel is engaged in battle. >> we do hold ourselves to a high standard and when innocent civilians are caught up it's a failure from our point of view. >> reporter: they're said to be furious with the long time supporter. they quoted benjamin netanyahu as saying to the obama administration not to ever second guess me again when it comes to hamas. netanyahu

there is a rush to judgment on israel. we had a case two days ago where there were reports that there was an attack on a hospital in gaza and then attack and a refugee camp where a number of children were killed. most reports said israel was responsible. some of the fair-minded people said it has become a "he said she said" situation. we got a radar photo -- i have it here and i don't know if you can see it on the screen -- but you can see right here on the screen, we know we have rockets fired from inside gaza. these were fired by palestinian islamicist jihad. one went into the sea. one hit the hospital. one hit the refugee camp. ironas intercepted by the dome. here was a case where everyone rushed to judgment. how could israel attacked the hospital, kids playing in a playground? it turned out it was completely false. those were rockets fired by islamist jihad at israel that fell short. about 10% of the 2000 plus rockets fired at israel, nearly 3000 i should say, fall within gaza. the case of the human school, i don't kno

israel plays by the rules. israel tries its best to avoid civilian casualties. the difference is that hamas uses its civilians to protect its fighters where as israel uses its fighters to protect civilians. >> as a member of the media, don't we have to show 1700 people, 17 palestinians killed, 75% of them civilians? don't we need to report on that? >> what we need to show is the empty areas in gaza. it has many empty areas. hamas could easily pick those areas from which to fire their rockets. build their tunnels. if they did that, there would be no civilian casualties. israel would attack the military. the reason so many israeli soldiers have been killed and so many palestinians civilians have been killed is that's the goal of hamas, to get israel to kill as many palestinians as possible so that the media will cover it. >> so in your mind, until they change that charter that you just read from, there can be no legitimizing hamas. >> it's more than the charter. until they change their strategy. until they stop engaging in the double war crime of targeting israeli

there's a cost. >> is israel willing to pay it? >> israel has many threats. this is not the only threat that israel faces. we live in a very unstable region. >> joining me now is a retired colonel who flew over 120 combat missions. his latest book is "lords of the sky." welcome to you, sir. i want to draw on your perspective. can the military accomplish its mission better than it has been? the israeli military? >> fortunately or unfortunately, the way you look at it, there's a price to pay for that. you can't do anything these days without somebody capturing it on a cell phone or somebody filming it in some way and i think they were counting on this being under the radar. we were distracted in europe and ukraine owe other places and they were counting on being able to do whatever they wanted to do and now they can't. which is why i think they are running up against a pr battle that you can't solve with tasks or jets. >> so is there a solution to this and what does that look like? >> militarily, hamas was not going to be able to win. they can't. the arabs have

israel said before the truce ended israel -- the two rockets were fired into southern israel, something hamas denies. the military vowed to resume fighting if israel did not lift the blockade of gas za. this story has 45i rapidly changing development. we have reporters covering it. john vause is in gaza. matt through chance is there and reza sayah is in cairo. we'll be live to all of them later in the newscast. >>> u.s. president barack obama says he has authorized targeted airstrikes in iraq. mr. obama says the airstrikes will be launched only if necessary to protect american personnel and to help iraqis. there are no indications that any airstrikes have been carried out. mr. obama's announcement came after they announced they were performing an air drop. the air drop is to help groups stop facing possible starvation. >>> it was last week when they stormed the town of sinjah. now thousands of people are trapped without food, water or shelter in the intense iraqi summer heat. here's what president obama had to say about that. >> when we face a situation like we do on that mountain with

for israel -- >> see, witness what is going on. >> for israel saying it is a must firing rocket -- hamas firing rockets and threatening their civilians? >> we are not occupying israel. we are not killing israelis. we want to be free. after 20 years of accords, what do we have -- a defect of apartheid system in the west bank. jerusalem.nsing in everyimes taking place day for the last 25 years. end forshould have an its criminal, belligerent, illegal occupation, and practice against palestinian civilians. we are entitled to protection as thousand and civilians in the time of war. raji, i want to say thank you for being with us. an award winning human rights lawyer. the director of the palestinian center for human rights in gaza. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. issue inontinue on the a moment. ♪ [music break] democracynow, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. we were showing leaders holding up the names of the dead. i am amy gottman -- i'm amy mate.n with aaron >> israel has launched a major occupation -- operation to capture a so

israel broke the cease-fire. israel didn't abide by the conditions of the cease-fire. so irrational person concludes it is israel that should be disarmed. they broke the cease-fire. it violated the conditions of the cease-fire. 2012 november ends with a cease-fire agreement. the cease-fire agreement says the blockade of god that is supposed to be lifted. but the blockade of causal lifted? no, it was tightened because beyond the blockade of the tunnels have blown that they know is worse. in the last round, who broke the cease-fire? there were virtually no rocket attacks coming from gaza after the 2012 cease-fire agreement. it all began to escalate when and yahoo! tried to violate -- excuse me, try to promote our reaction should break up the government. so if any side is supposed to disarm it should be israel should be disarmed. what is international workers day? allies so clear. there's been enough textbooks written in international law on the topic to fill this room. the laws under international law as people struggling for self determination has the right to use armed

in favor of israel. they are losing very badly and i think that's an important arena and people certainly think they should continue to do that. i'm not sure this would be a significant turning point as 2009 but i think it will be significant. as some of you may have noticed there was an article a couple of days ago by horowitz in which a journalist commented that exactly zero, exactly zero celebrities have come out for israel. it's been a disaster for them. there have been a lot who have come out for the palestinians of some stature. i've never heard of them. who? yes, the only celebrity that came out for israel is joan rivers. [laughter] israel, i would probably try to conceal that. so those are all arenas. i don't think it's enough for sure but it's certainly a place where i think it's good to keep up the fight. >> thank you for the work that you do. there were some questions about. [inaudible] by supporting companies that regularly support the occupation. do you have ideas and a practical sense that

what can israel do to alleviate that? >> well, we agreed -- as you know, wolf, we agreed to a three-day cease-fire for humanitarian purposes. it had all been organized by secretary ban ki-moon of the united nations and secretary kerry of the united states and we were told as of yesterday morning we were supposed to start a three-day humanitarian cease-fire for the people of gaza so that they could receive the immediate and important humanitarian support that they so badly need. who torpedoed that? hamas that deliberately undermined and destroyed the cease-fire. and so i think if there's a terrible humanitarian situation there in gaza there is only one address for that complaint and that is hamas that destroyed the chance of a humanitarian cease-fire that would have allowed aid to reach the people of gaza immediately. >> hamas is part of a palestinian dellgation that's now in cairo getting ready to meet with egyptian officials to talk about a cease-fire. i take it no israeli delegation is going even though the egyptian gov

supplies israel with much of the weapons used in gaza. edward snowden reportedly detail how nsa programs assist israeli attacks against its enemies. a sharp contrast to 1990, when then president george h.w. bush backed his words with policy, cutting off $10 billion in loan guarantees to israel. over then prime minister shamir's refusal to stop settlement construction. james baker gave israel the white house switchboard number. israel blames john kerry for negotiating last week's cease-fire that hamas violated within hours, officials confirm in a testy phone call afterwards, israeli prime minister netanyahu warned, don't second guess me again when it comes to hamas. shapiro made no apologies for the u.s. working with qatar and turkey to bring hamas to the table. >> we would never put our trust in a terrorist organization, but through the communications that we had, there was clarity about what the terms were. >> it's unclear whether israel agreed to the cease-fire because of that american criticism or because of its goals in gaza have alre

so as having an image with massive arabs against israel to become little but strong because israel now was an occupation of territories of several million. instead of people who were trying to deny the jews a state of their own but to deny and other people was state of their own. said without whole conflict was given a different look but this was not a sufficient explanation of the hostility against israel today. because maybe the world came to care about with the aspirations because no one cares about other occupations. but to exercise the occupation of tibet? a far more outstanding and preoccupations and the palestinians and in terms of the national aspirations what about the kurds whose aspirations in it justifiable in every dimension. for thorough culture or knowledge headnote country of their own. sadly no one cares before they denied those aspirations. and really it cannot begin with the attitudes we see today. has manifested and inconsistency was right in the demonization of israel that we see so much. for example, the teacher unions have voted for academic boycotts of israeli u

israel is not the issue. i think the question really is how does israel survival. >> and then the president expands on it. how does israel survive? does israel maintain, how can you preserve a british state reflective of the best values. it sounds like president obama is worried that israel is headed down the wrong path when it comes to democratic values. >> we are ready for a historic compromise of two states. prime minister was elected. we are ready for palestinian state that recognizes the jewish state with security arrangements to make sure that peace can be protected. the question is do we have a palestinian partner. a lot of the frustration is so-called moderate palestinians refuse to condemn the rockets. the more the i -- i think it is time for palestinian moderates to say hamas does not recognize us. we condemn their terrorism and extremism. we know we want to move ahead. >> spokesman for prime minister netanyahu. thanks for being with us tonight. >> my pleasure. >>> that's it for this special edition

>> is your support of israel different than your parents' support of israel? >> certainly. i think my parents feel that the violence is more justified than i do. >> reporter: among americans 65 or olders 53% blame the militant group hamas for the violence in gaza. that's compared to 21% of americans under 30. 15% of americans over 65 blame israel compared to 29% of americans under 30. a divide reflected between children and their parents. >> i honestly understand where my dad is coming from, but i don't agree with it. >> reporter: dr. malone ben mir says the holocaust in world war ii directly influenced many older people's unyielding support of israel. >> they see israel as the final refuge, the only refuge for the jews. and hence, regardless of almost wrongdoing, they feel it is justified. >> reporter: 65-year-old jerry believes young people who question the military's actions do so because they lack context. >> when they turn on the tv and the news media tells them about, you know, 58% negative, 85% negative, that's the way they react. >> reporter: many young people, the

. >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas fell about 70 hours short. the two sides blame each other for the continuing fighting and dying. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. it was thursday evening eastern time in the united states when the news broke friday morning would begin a three-day cease-fire between israelis and palestinians fighting in gaza. during the overnight hours before americans even woke up, the cease-fire was gone. lost in a haze of mutual acrimony and continued violence. the intense diplomacy from secretary general ban ki-moon and secretary of state john kerry, and not coming to much. israel has declared they have the intention to keep fighting until all the tunnels leading into israel have been destroyed alliances and support within the region are being fractured and redrawn. >> reporter: when the cease-fire collapsed the finger pointing began. hamas blamed israel for advancing on the town of rafa on the pretext of destroying tunnel. israel said that it was destroying a tunnel when a

all of israel is now safer." palestinians returning to their neighborhoods report massive amounts of destruction. >> i am destroyed. shock. i had heart problems. then i saw our house. we don't know what to do. everything is destroyed. for apartments. all of my children are stranded in the schools. where are we supposed to go? >> in other developments, a prominent foreign office minister in britain - sayeeda warsi - has resigned saying britain's policy on the crisis in gaza is quote "morally indefensible". in an interview with the huffington post, warsi criticized britain for pressuring palestinian leadership not to see justice at the international criminal court. on monday human rights watch urged palestinian president mahmoud abbas to seek icc jurisdiction over crimes committed on and from palestinian territory. the group detailed multiple examples of israeli soldiers shooting and killing fleeing civilians in gaza. to talk more about gaza we are joined now by norman finkelstein, author and scholar. his most rece

israel lobby. also an overall. to what are called radical islamists or jihad this fairly or not hamas is assimilated to groups like isis. and so they are considered fair game for israel is basically israel's murder and also i think there was a hope on the part of president obama and secretary of state kerry that if hamas military defeat were inflicted on hamas that means president abbas the palestinian authority would then have a free hand to sign any agreement that the u.s. government proposed to. the palestinian authority or basically collaborators not basically they are collaborators they still have the problem of the more militant resistance namely hamas but the hope was is if israel disabled hamas then the palestinian collaborators the palestinian authority would then have a free hand to basically surrender to israel and sign to carry place proposal and of course it all kind of stands back that the hamas election i mean according to a two thousand a wiki leaks cable after hamas was elected isr

as far as israel is concerned, though, all talks are off. >> as far as israel is concerned, any cease-fire is off the table right now. they said they were willing to accept this one. reluctantly accepted it. there was a division within the israeli cabinet. they say they accepted it. i see no great desire for israel right now to go ahead and try another cease-fire. they want to do as much damage to hamas as possible, whether the tunnels -- the rockets, the missiles, the launchers, the mortar shells, whatever. and they also want to capture this israeli -- recapture this israeli soldier. so it's -- the chances of a cease-fire negotiation to cairo right now i don't think are very likely, at least in the short term. >> to sara sidner along the border, what have you been seeing and hearing along the border? >> reporter: we've been hearing a lot of action, anderson. we heard a 50 caliber weapons being fired. likely off of the top of tanks. we heard tank rounds going in. we heard what sounded like rocket-propelled grenades in succession, four, five, six, maybe two, three hours ago. now we're seein