civilians just recently in the jerusalem post not sure on the side of the former prime minister ariel sharon he said that the residents of gaza and not innocent because they elected a mass therefore he's implying they are legitimate targets are they not and that is why civilians are now being killed. both civilians are not being targeted but they're. referred to is an evil tool in every individual is entitled you know we still believe here in israel in the freedom of speech unlike for better or for worse in the gaza strip when he's a very influential character our imagine and of course sorry to interrupt is not just him referring to motives behind this bombing campaign the knesset member michael ben-ari he called for israeli soldiers to mow all palestinians down israel katz israel's transport minister he says the army should be bombing gaza until the population feels fleas on mass i mean these are coming from fairly forced to figures here and it's almost as if the true motives are now being displayed. you know you can come up with a lot of sometimes to the sometimes stupid and sometimes unac

a good show on the son of the son of former prime minister ariel sharon in an opinion article in the jerusalem post calling for genocide i mean i you know i think it's on regis not just that he he wrote this article but you know the editor is not of of a distinguished newspaper and it's really albeit a you know unknown right wing newspaper but still and use the you know newspaper that is part of the mainstream allowed here to two areas such opinions people in rwanda people in the former yugoslavia were sent it to the hague you know after having every written words as cruel and inhumane as as as the ones that mr sharon has has written and i have to say it's not an individual politician here and i'm very sad i'm ashamed to say that recent opinion polls were published in israeli newspapers i believe it recently have shown that nearly ninety percent of the populace. in the country support this operation and support but it is considered by many to be collateral damage. of get the killings of children and women and the elderly. violence on the ground and diplomatic wrangles are not the onl

vote i'm joined by running guess an intel of the he is a former adviser to prime minister ariel sharon and strategic consultant on media and government relations in gaza we have rami khouri he is a correspondent for the electronic intifada and in new york your question norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want norman let me go to you first that the resolution passed numbers were expected wasn't a big deal last week now it's a very big deal why well the reason it's a big deal is because originally when the resolution was contemplated there were serious doubts about whether the europeans would support it but in the last few days because of what happened in gaza the there has been a significant break in european support not backing the united states not backing israel but this time joining with the majority in. the observer status for the palestinians so that's the shift also there is a certain shift which is because of the staggering military defeat that israel suffered in gaza there

who is one of the sons of a former israeli prime minister ariel sharon went on record as saying that gaza needed to be flattened like your ashima we're hearing from other israeli parliamentarians who've said things like all palestinians need to be mowed down but there are no innocents in gaza there's a school of thought that also believes that because the gazans elected him as he the ship everybody you guys are is potentially a target for the israeli army and the israeli transport minister went so far as to say that gaza needs to be bombed to the extent that everybody finis from gaza into egypt sinai peninsula another point that is also interesting and the point that we've been monitoring here at r.t. is the whole media war it's a wall that israel by and large has always had the upper hand of a war that it essentially has used through the social media to garner support for have a look while israeli politicians weigh up whether or not to send their army into gaza they've had new here's a taishan in mourning after a p.r. machine into the social media battlefield for israeli was killed

who is one of the sons of a former israeli prime minister ariel sharon went on record as saying that gaza needed to be flattened like a machine but we're hearing from other israeli parliamentarians who've said things like all palestinians need to be mowed down but there are no innocents in gaza there's a school of thought that also believes that because the gaza. everybody in gaza is potentially a tall good for the israeli army these really transport minister went so far as to say that gaza needs to be bombed to be extended if we build the fees from gaza into egypt sinai peninsula not in an interesting sign development of all palestinian faction groups. have put aside their differences and come together in a really show of unity saying that they stand together in solidarity against these radio pollution. from the palestinian center for human rights was a ground invasion is a terrifying prospect for those who remember the israeli offensive four years ago. there is widespread fear among the pa among the people here the prospect of a ground invasion is really very frightening for people

a good show on the son of the son of former prime minister ariel sharon. opinion article in the jerusalem post calling for genocide i mean you know i think it's i agree just not just that he he wrote this article but one of the editors of of a distinguished newspaper in israel i mean albeit a. right wing newspaper but still and use the. newspaper that is part of the mainstream allowed him to to to air such opinions people in rwanda people in the former yugoslavia sent it to the hague you know after having every written words as cruel and inhumane. as the ones they're going to mr sharon has has written and i have to say it's like a certain individual politician here in their own very sad i'm ashamed to say that recent opinion polls were published in israeli newspapers i believe it recently have shown nearly ninety percent of the populace. in the country support its operation is in support but it is considered by many to be collateral damage. of the of the killings of the children and women and the elderly. and life not to alex sell scathing funks parsippany

dishonorable spot today is none other than gulaab sharon son of former israeli prime minister ariel sharon and response to israel's aggressive offensive on gaza which so far as claimed the lives of eighty one palestine. means you lodged wrote an op ed for the jerusalem post where he called for an even more extreme response to flatten gaza once and for all the article entitled a decisive conclusion is necessary goes on to generalize all one point five million gazans as guilty because they elected hamas as their government he says the gazans are hostages it hostages they chose this freely and they must live with the consequences actually there are a lot of anti hamas people living in gaza just like how there are a lot of anti netanyahu jews living in israel but i guess it doesn't matter to sociopathic war hawks like you who revel in the idea of ethnic cleansing as being the only solution to this one sided conflict apparently to you every human being simply living in gaza is fair game to be slaughtered if you think i'm exaggerating listen to what he had to say after he said the americans didn

a good show on the son of the son of former prime minister ariel sharon in an opinion article in the jerusalem post calling for genocide i mean i you know i think it's a reach it's not just that he he wrote this article but you know that the editor is not of of a distinguished newspaper and it's really albeit a you know i know right wing use paper but still and use the. newspaper that is part of the mainstream allowed here to to to air such opinions which which you know if they were you know people in rwanda people in the former yugoslavia were were. or sent it to the hague you know after having every written words it's sharp and blunt as so sharp and blunt our end point. as cruel and inhumane as as as the ones that mr sharon has has written and and you know it it's only her and i you know and i have to say it's not it's that individual politician here in there said i'm and i am very sad i'm ashamed to say that recent opinion polls were published in the israeli newspapers i believe it now it's recently have shown that nearly ninety percent of the populace. in the country of which i'm

they went on and they told ariel sharon before and the israeli response, no thank you, we don't want we want the status quo. netanyahu himself carried the status quo building settlements. i'm surprised to hear that jewish americans want a two-state solution. it's not -- it's not 22%. we're not giving them anything. that will lead to empowering more and more hamas. hamas is the winner of this war, even if you kill 8,000, 10,000, they will get out winners. they're the only ones trying to get a reaction out of israel. it's a bad reaction. >> first of all x i'm not speaking for the israeli government, but we have to acknowledge that they unilate l unilaterally withdrew -- >> if you are a fisherman in gaza, they control electricity, water, the space. they control everything. you know, you have tunnels that goes to egypt, hundreds of miles, go all the way to egypt and smuggle all kinds of things. these missiles, they were smuggled in the tunnels together and other things. >> let me let chris -- >> when you have one government doing everything you want and you ignore them and one is in pris