thanks for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. "fareed zakaria gps" starts right now. >> this is gps, global public square. welcome. i'm fareed zakaria. we will begin today's show with a live look at the crisis in the middle east. then to the other crisis in the middle east. ukraine. none of the past rounds of sanctions have made president putin change his behavior. what's to say this round will? i will ask poland's foreign minister, one of those who pushed hard for these sanctions. also, the deadly ebola virus. it has killed hundreds of people in africa.

what is stopping it from spreading to other continents? i will talk to cnn's sanjay gupta and peter piot, the man who actually discovered ebola. now for the latest on the crisis in the middle east, let us go to cnn's wolf blitzer. >> thanks very much, fareed. it's just past 5:00 p.m. here in jerusalem on the 27th day of operation protective edge. they said ten people were killed when israeli shells lapped near a u.n. run school in southern gaza that was sheltering almost 3,000 people. no official comment from israel on this attack. those ten become part of the sobering statistics of this war. in gaza more than 1750 people

over 1800 according to palestinian health officials. more than 80 rockets since midnight and officials there say and officials in israel at least say 64 soldiers, three sill civilians have been killed since the fikting began. israel says at last count it has struck 4626 targets in gaza by attacks from air, ground and sea and last count gaza has launched 3180 rockets, mortars or missiles into israel. on friday, a temporary cease-fire by the united states and united nations brought a glimmer of hope but any sense of optimism was destroyed when three israeli soldiers were killed in gaza shortly after that cease-fire began. let me bring in the united nations man in the middle of

this crisis robert siri as the u.n. special coordinator, he's joining us now in jerusalem. thank you so much, first of all, for joining us. thanks for all the work you're trying to achieve. first of all on this hit at the u.n. school in southern gaza today. you heard what the u.n. general secretary said. what can you tell us about this? i assume you've been briefed. >> this is only one incidence in which we have seen since the cease-fire on friday was breached. we are seeing hundreds of casualties. we are seeing heavy fighting. this is what should have been prevented, wolf, by a cease-fire. >> why didn't that cease-fire work? >> well, let me tell you, i don't have independent u.n. confirmation of all those events. and i think one of the weaknesses of the cease-fire was, of course, there was no observation of the commitments of the sides. >> who violated.

>> well, that was clear. when i got the first information about this incident around 9:30 in which three israeli soldiers were killed. >> the cease-fire was supposed to go into effect at 8:00 a.m. local time and 9:30, 90 minutes later, there was this incident. >> yeah, this was a serious breach. and both the secretary general and secretary kerry, the two who have been announcing the cease-fire have been very clear that this was a serious breach of the cease-fire. >> by who? >> by hamas. >> so hamas, the united nations believes broke that cease-fire? >> yeah. >> why? why would they do that? you have commitments, you believe, at the highest levels. what happened? >> well, what happens. there's always a lot -- i also -- you have heard that also from the hamas side that they have been complaining about possibly lines having been -- having moved. maybe even prior to the hour,

which is technically not a breach of the cease-fire, but not in the spirit of a cease-fire. this has been denied to me. but it's clear to me that israeli operations ongoing in that area, and that was also allowed according to the cease-fire. >> the leader of hamas told our nic robertson in an exclusive interview that they never and they insisted they told the foreign minister who told secretary kerry, the united nations, they never accepted this notion that israel could continue its operations against those tunnels. >> well, they have been made very aware that was actually going to happen. >> hamas was well aware of that? >> yes. >> and that is what we believed that they -- that they had -- >> based on what they told you? >> exactly. exactly. >> i think what also may have happened is whatever assurances were given or were conveyed as

part of these understandings. they may not have reached the technical level or the field level. in gaza itself. so i do not rule out that, in fact, this was a mistake or a misunderstanding. and not an intended hamas action against these israeli soldiers. >> how do you, where do we go from here? i know you are working around the clock to get a cease fire, is that at all realistic? >> well, i don't think we have any other choice but to keep trying wolf. which means continued fighting, continued escalation. now also this school incident this morning with my secretary general being outraged yet again school has been theater of war rather than a safe haven. so we have to keep trying. if i'm right in what i have been telling you, and i have some reason to believe that, then i hope that hamas will recommit itself to the understandings

reached and recommit itself to a cease-fire. i hope they will do so also openly and publicly. if that happens, then i hope also that israeli governments will reconsider its position. wolf, this cannot end in a unilateral manner. there needs to be a cease-fire and simultaneously negotiations starting in cairo. otherwise, you know, if this ends with a count for count gaza devastated, that will be cynical and irresponsible by all of us, including -- >> your message to hamas, the political wing, the military wing is what? >> is to recommit themselves to a cease-fire. a clear indication they're ready to stop rocket fire. that can be the beginning of, i hope. of serious -- of a serious trying again to have a cease-fire in place and simultaneously talks that should start in cairo.

let me also tell you this, wolf. if it ends, as i said, as i fear now with the unilaterally withdraw going back count for count, then we wouldn't have addressed any of the underlying issues. that is, as i already said in my view, irresponsible. it will not help israelis, because what we need are serious talks about lifting the blockade, opening up gaza in exchange for israel's security. these are two interrelated issues and can only be negotiated. >> so the bottom line is you want a public statement from hamas saying they're ready to accept the terms of a cease-fire. and from israel, what do you want from the israeli government? >> i want what i would hope from the israeli government that it will seriously consider any opportunity for stopping this, wolf. this has gone on for much too long with so many casualties. and again, today was another tragedy. >> robert, thanks so much for all the important work you're

doing. really appreciate it. anything else you want to say before i let you go? >> no. >> thank you so much. we have a lot more coming up. that was the view from the united nations. in a moment, we'll get the view from the united nations, the american ambassador to israel. he's standing by live. we'll discuss what the u.s. wants hamas israel to do to end this conflict. stay tuned. we'll be right back. they keep us entertained. they keep us inspired. they keep us hopeful... and happy. keep them safe.

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wolf blitzer. fareed zakaria will be back in a few minutes, but let's bring in dan shapiro joining us live. thanks so much for joining us. let me get right to this quote that's been widely reported that the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu reportedly said to you after the collapse of that cease-fire friday morning that the u.s. should never ever second guess me again when it comes to hamas and the intentions. is that accurate? >> well, first of all, i have an excellent relationship with prime minister netanyahu, but i never talk about my conversations with him publicly. what i would draw your attention to, wolf, is the remarks the prime minister made in his press conference last night where he pointed out the strong support that the united states has given israel throughout this conflict specifying president obama's condemnation of the rocket attacks and the attacks against israeli civilians, specifying his appreciation for the united states support for the iron dome missile defense system.

to try to bring an end to the attacks the cease-fire that could bring some stability. that's the kind of support provided to israel throughout this conflict. indeed, when the cease-fire broke down on friday morning, we immediately condemned hamas who was responsible for the attack that took the lives of three israeli soldiers. and at the same time, we're still trying to work together with israel and other partners in the region, like the palestinian authority, like egypt to arrive at a durable solution that can get to some of the underlying issues that bedevilled gaza and israel for so long. >> is a cease-fire possible right now given the attitude in israel, the attitude of hamas. at all realistic? >> well, it's difficult and i think president obama spoke to that on friday after the cease-fire was violated. but after several days or really weeks of pain staking diplomacy with every effort made to make sure that both sides understood exactly what the terms of this

cease-fire were. to give a chance for respite for the civilians of gaza who have suffered so gravely during this conflict for the civilian population of israel that's been living under rocket fire and fear of tunnel attacks. a pause of 72 hours of humanitarian. pause to allow relief to come in, talks to get underway in cairo. and after all that work to get that cease-fire in place within an hour and a half hamas violated it by an attack that killed three israeli soldiers. that is going to be -- still going to be our goal to try to get to durable situation in which the violence stops, in which the rocket and tunnel attacks stop, in which the violence stops. that's going to be difficult following that experience. >> you heard the special u.n. envoy say that they did have a hard commitment from the political leadership of hamas that israel would be able to continue its demolition, if you will, of those tunnels. but maybe that didn't filter down to the guys guise in gaza

itself. >> first of all, israel has every right as any country would to defend itself against rocket attacks. no country can leave with 3,000 rockets being fired against a civilian population. every right to destroy those tunnels, which were clearly built to conduct terrorist attacks against israeli population, civilian population. and so we've given our backing to that operation for those purposes. when it was made very clear what the terms of that cease-fire were. and it's not particularly relevant whether one particular leader knew the terms and it didn't get down to every soldier in the field. when a body like hamas, which has the security control within gaza and speaks for the gaza factions in a cease-fire like that, makes a commitment like that, it has to be a commitment that can be kept. in this case, it was violated within an hour and a half. >> well, you heard the u.n. special envoy make an appeal to

issue a public statement saying they will abide by a cease-fire. here's the question. do you believe the current -- after all these experiences over the past four weeks that israel will go along with a cease-fire if that were put back on the agenda? >> well, i'll let the israeli government speak for themselves. it's understandable that the trust that's necessary, the minimal trust that's necessary to have a cease-fire take hold and then to have cease-fire maintained was severely shaken by what happened on friday. we would never put our trust in a terrorist organization, but through the communications that we had, there was clarit about what the terms were. and this one didn't take. now, obviously, our goal still remains to work with israel. to work with other partners and allies in this region like the palestinian authority, like egypt, like some of our allies in the gulf to arrive at a stable situation that's going to end rocket attacks, it's going to end tunnel attacks, it's

going to end the violence that's affected palestinian civilians. there may be ways to do that. but it's not going to be easy to reconstruct a cease-fire after what happened on friday. >> you heard prime minister netanyahu yesterday in his news conference condemn the role qatar is playing. is it a reliable emissary, if you will, because the u.s. doesn't deal directly with hamas. >> correct. hamas is a terrorist organization designated under u.s. law and we don't deal with them. they have a relationship with the leader of hamas. and trying to have some of those communications. look, obviously, our faith in what we hear through those channels has been shaken by what happened on friday. that doesn't mean we won't still try to work through countries that we have relationships with and who have influence and relationships with the leadership of hamas when it's appropriate to do that. but at this point, there's no question that it's made harder

by what happened last week. >> you're the u.s. ambassador here in israel. based on everything you know, is president obama and secretary kerry, are they still personally committed to trying to get a cease-fire? or are they going to throw up their hands and say it has to happen? >> the whole purpose of trying to get a cease fire was to bring an end to the violence affected palestinian civilians. it's been a terrible situation for everybody on both sides. and we mourn all those casualties and we mourn the israeli soldiers been affected in this conflict, as well. and so a cease-fire was one way we were looking to try to bring about an end to that violence that's affected people on both sides. >> and you're still trying. >> well, trying to find an arrangement that will achieve the same goal. it's not clear, but our efforts continue, our contact with all the key parties continue, and we won't stop trying. we can see how much -- how much it's affected people's lives in israel and in gaza. >> good luck.

we're all counting on you, counting on the united nations, counting on all people of good will to end this because it is pretty brutal what's going on. >> thank you, wolf. >> thank you for joining us. >> when we come back, fareed will be back. and he's going to give all of us his take on some of the other major crises in the world. and he's also going to tell us why he sees a rise in putin wannabes around the globe. looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm.

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but even i never imagined that a national leader from europe no less would use the term as a badge of honor. for the prime minister the world changed fundamentally after 2008. since then he argues american power has been in decline and liberal values today embody corruption, sex and violence. western europe has become a land of freeloaders on the backs of welfare systems. he has not simply spoken but acted and his actions over the past few years demonstrate that his role model has been russia under putin. he has implemented and enacted in hungary a version of what can best be described as putinism. when he first came to power in 2000 vladimir putin seemed like a smart, tough talented manager. russia was reeling from internal chaos, economic stagnation and default in 1998. he sought to integrate russia into the world and wanted good

relations with the west asking russia for a place in the world trade organization and nato. he established control over society. he presided over a booming economy as oil prices quadrupled under his watch. he began creating a repressive system of political, economic and social control to maintain his power. as he faced opposition, particularly in the parliamentary elections of 2011, putin recognized that he needed more than just brute force to defeat his opponents, he needed an ideology of power. the crucial elements of putinism are nationalism, religion, social conservatism, state capitalism and domination of the media. they work in tandem to sustain putin's popularity. orbin has followed in putin's footsteps, he's limited

individual rights, speaking in nationalist terms about ethnic hungarians everywhere and muzzling the free press. if you look around the world there are others who have embraced core elements of putinism. turkey has veered away from the reformist agenda to one that is more socially conservative, islamist and wholy nationalistic. many are openly admiring what he stands for. the success will depend a great deal on putin and russia under him. if he triumphs in ukraine turning it into a basket case that comes begging to moscow, he will look like a winner. if, on the other hand, ukraine succeeds outside of russia's orbit, leaders mike regret having cast their lot with a globally isolated petro state. for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column. next on "gps" poland's foreign minister.

on tuesday the united states and the european union announced a new round of sanctions against russia, this time targeting the energy, arms sectors. president obama said they will have a bigger bite. the last couple of rounds of sanction have not had a visible effect in the sense that there has been no noticeable change in president putin's behavior. why should we think this time will be different? joining me now is the foreign minister of poland, radek

sikorski. his nation shares a border with ukraine and he was an early leader in rallying the west against putin's actions in crimea and ukraine. radek, tell me why you think this set of sanctions will pressure putin to change behavior that so far he hasn't really changed? >> well, we have put new names on the sanctions list, and these financial supporters and beneficiaries of president putin's mode of government, and we've also banned the issuance of new bonds or shares by major russian financial institutions which will make access to capital harder and the other sanctions might have some influence over the medium term. >> but do you feel that there are any signs in the past that even the threat of the sanctions has had the effect that you want, that russia should stop supplying arms and people in eastern ukraine?

my sense is in the last week or two those activities have stepped up and the russians themselves appear to be firing missiles at ukrainian government planes. >> these sanctions, i think, will get president putin's attention and will show that despite what he has apparently thought, the west as a moral community exists and can be united when we see that fundamental norms of international relations are undermined. hitherto i think they thought they could play us one off the other and that we're incapable of joint action. this is the first indication that we are. >> do you think it was the airliner that changed things? because my understanding, reports from what was happening

within the european union was there was significant dissension? i mean, when people would talk about financial, sanctions, non-british countries would argue for financial sanctions which of course hurt london. brittain would argue for the kind of sanctions that would hurt france or germany and as a result there was a standoff. did the airliner break that log jam? >> the airliner and the treatment of the bodies of the victims and the fact that they came from a number of e.u. countries definitely mobilized politicians in europe. and crucial was the packet put together by the european commission which spreads the pain of sanctions on our side fairly. of course, i expect the russian side to respond with counter sanctions and they'll probably try to divide us again. >> how hard will that be for poland?

90% of your energy imports come from russia. >> well, russia needs to sell its energy even more than we need to buy it because we can buy energy from other directions, from norway, where i am currently, also from north africa oil can be shipped. we are just finishing an lng terminal. russia is an important trade partner. for poland twice as important. so there will be losses all around, but we just cannot stand idly by when russia annexes a neighbor's first province and now supplying sophisticated weaponry to the separatists. >> the columnist ann applebaum who happens to be your wife wrote a column who says the west has treated russia as a proto country. a country that was almost

western, needed a little bit more integration and modernization. we should think of it as in its roots a country that defines itself in its opposition to the west. do you agree with that? >> well, my wife is a separate subject of international laws and her views are hers. yes, it's true. we have bent over backwards to integrate russia. we have invited them to take over the seat at the security council. we invited them into the bto. poland supported russia to join the oecd. we were hoping they were on a convergence course with the west, but if as you've previously said, russia spreads mischief in what it calls the near or abroad, that inevitably will come into conflict which poland would regret. we would like russia to become a successful free market

democracy. unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the system that president putin is constructing in russia. >> radek, you were taped, illegally i should say, saying something to the effect of the polish/american relationship was worthless. i wondered whether there was something specific you wanted out of washington that would give more substance to your relationship to america. >> as you say, it was an illegal racket which was under criminal investigation. yes, back in january when russian president was already on ukraine we had ten u.s. troops in poland. we now have 500 nato troops in poland. it's progress. the level has moved further. we need assurance that the eastern flank of nato needs shoring up.

we're hoping the nato sum met in wales will take important decisions to persuade us that article 5 of washington treaty stands not only legally but in terms of capability to enforce it in practice, which is what it's all about. >> do you want more troops? >> yes, we do, and we want pre-positioning of equipment. we want standing defense plans. we want bigger response forces. unfortunately the russian actions in ukraine don't make us feel more secure but less secure. one of our neighbors, russia, is conducting a hybrid war against another of our neighbors and we just can't stand idly buy. >> radek sikorski, always an elegant voice on the subject. thank you very much. >> thanks. next up, the ebola epidemic raging in west africa. elegant voice on the subject.

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you as you discovered it, very simply for the layperson, what is ebola? >> ebola is a virus that causes fever but particularly causes bleeding and it has about 90% mortality of those who will become infected. it is only transmitted through very close contact between someone who is suffering from ebola virus infection or who has died from it and a healthy person. so you need really very close contact for transmission. that's essential for when we talk about how to control this epidemic. >> sanjay, when you've seen it, you've been back from africa, what does it look like? what is striking about it is the speed of the death. >> well, there's still -- you know, in guinea, it's a capital city, 2 million people, there are groups of people, enclaves of people who are really worried about this. then there's other parts of the city where life just goes on and there doesn't seem to be much concern. what is interesting as you get further and further into the remote villages, there's obviously heightened concern. there's still so much bad

information, if you will. mr. dr. piot was talking about, it spreads from body fluid, from a sick person, a person who is sick. not someone who has been exposed, but they are sick, usually down in bed. then the body fluid gets on somebody. it's wives taking care of husbands. it's kids taking care of mothers. it's villages taking care of each other. that's why you have the terrible story, of people taking care of each other. >> dr. piot, why is medical workers getting infected? if you do need intense contact and you presumably medical workers know how to take precautions, why are they getting infected? >> it's a dangerous moment when people with ebola are very sick, sanjay, and they need intensive care. you need to do -- make sure that their fluid balance is fine.

you need to draw glad and so on. these are all very difficult and dangerous moments. there are finger pricks, accidental needle sticks that happen and that's how we also can become infected. so it's not a surprise that the highest attack rate of the virus is among health care workers. nurses, doctors and we've seen it over and over again in every epidemic. >> sanjay, how has this been blocked in the past? why does this seem unprecedented? is that something different? >> in a morbid way, fareed, it's because it killed so quickly. it would just burn out. you imagine these remote villages, people weren't moving around so quickly and the ebola virus, they would die before they could start to spread, which is -- it's awful to think about, but that's what's happening. now you have a more mobile

group, more roads between the smaller villages such as in guinea where this originated and the capital city. there are roads. good passage ways back and forth. i think that part is certainly contributing. there's also this idea that there's a mistrust, i think, a little bit of distrust of health care individuals. there is no good antiviral and vaccine. when the health care workers show up, they're not offering a panacea to what is happening here. so there's not a lot of trust and a lot of the people who are getting infected aren't hearing the right messages. you also have several epidemics sort of starting in different points almost simultaneously now, fareed. usually it was one place you could target. >> sanjay, how are we going to control the spread? how does one track whether people have ebola? what happens? you think about as you say there are roads, trains, planes now people can get on flights from

liberia, from sierra leone. how do we handle this? >> well, you know, fareed, we are going to hear at some point, i don't know if it's during this outbreak or a future one, we are going to hear about patients with ebola showing up in other countries in the western hemisphere. i can't imagine that not happening having seen how it all works. keep in mind between the amount of time between exposure and someone getting sick it can be 21 days. it can travel around the world during that time. i think if there's any good news, it's when you think about countries like the united states, brittain who are having high-level discussions on this topic, they are in a much better position to control this. they could isolate the patient quite quickly, provide fluids and blood clotting factors to try to provide what is called supportive therapy and prevent these cases, these patients with

the virus becoming epidemics or the source of epidemics. i think it's going to happen. we're going to see ebola around the world. i think it's not going to turn into lots of many outbreaks. as far as stemming it in west africa, this is where being a doctor and journalist becomes handy. as doctors you don't want to treat symptoms, you want to treat the root cause. here we can talk about travel bans, screenings at airport, those things are important, but unless it's controlled in the villages, people understanding about funerals and understanding the way this is transmitted, this keeps going. >> dr. piot, do you believe the situation is under control in africa or are you worried you'll see -- this will spread? >> well, this epidemic has been going on for a longer time than any of the other ebola outbreaks in africa. it is affecting three countries, the next country could be the ivory coast which is adjacent to countries like sierra leone. i suspect it will go on for a while as well.

>> sanjay, i have to ask you a question. when most people think of ebola they think of course about organs getting liquified. we've seen it. you've been there. does that ever happen? >> that's a sort of hollywood dramatization. it was popularized in the book "hot zone" which taught people about ebola but probably with a lot of drama. there is a bleeding problem with people with ebola. the virus is sneaky in a couple of ways. it turns off the immune system. right away it turns off the fighter cells that would come attack it. it also disrupts the body's ability to clot this is why it's called hemorrhagic, meaning bloody, fever. that part is true, but the liquifying of organs, i think that's an overstatement. >> gentlemen, thank you both very much. real pleasure to have you on.

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the past month has been a busy one for the u.s. treasury department's office of foreign asset control or the sanctions unit as they are sometimes known. in addition to russian sanctions in the past two weeks the u.s. has also issued sanctions in connection with colombian drug trafficking, north korean arms transfers and a chinese synthetic drug ring. it brings me to my question. which of the following is believed to have implemented the earliest known sanctions? iran, greece, china, or the united states? stay typed and we'll tell you a correct answer. this week's book of the week is "the alliance" by reed hoffman, ben kasnocha and ben yates. we all know that companies no longer offer long-term employment or lifetime employment, yet they pretend they do. the authors explain how employers have a more honest,

productive and dynamic relationships in an age when employment is likely to be temporary, shifting and disruptive. this is good whether you manage people or are managed by them. now for the last look. laughter can be the best medicine but can it cure masogony. earlier turkey's deputy prime minister gave a speech that sparked a massive social media reaction. women, he said, shouldn't burst out laughing in public, should know what is appropriate, and should preserve their chastity. so women he said shouldn't laugh out loud and men shouldn't be womanizers. hundreds of women responded by posting pictures of themselves laughing in public. there were more than 160,000 tweets following the comments using the turkish words for laughter, resist laughter and women defy. the oppression of women in turkey is not a laughing matter,

of course. a 2009 report found that 40% of turkey's female population had suffered domestic violence. next week the first round of the presidential election begins and a top challenger to the prime minister who is a favorite for the presidency tweeted saying women in turkey needed to laugh more, not less. but he stood by his comments suggesting people focused too much on that part of his speech. well, if you say something absurd, condescending or demeaning to 50% of your population, don't be surprised if people focus on it. the correct answer to our gps question is b. they levied economic sanctions upon the greek coastal city state. some say the sanctions known as the megarian decree were for trespass on sacred lands. the decree prohibited megarian

merchants from trading in athenian markets. the move triggered a war. let's hope our modern sanctions have a better ending. thanks for all of you being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. hello, everyone, i'm fredericka whitfield in atlanta. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. >> and i'm jake tapper in jerusalem. these stories are topping our news this hour. >> new violence erupts in gaza. another u.n.-run shelter is attacked as the casualties are counted. we are also learning new details surrounding the death of an israeli soldier. we're live in the middle east with the latest. plus, an american infected with ebola fight