host: shadi hamid is a policy fellow at the brookings institution. here with us for another 20 minutes or so. we will go to jim in south carolina. a republican caller. caller: regarding this whole concept of disproportionate force, do you think that our american forces should up approach the taliban differently, to make things more fair? is that the same kind of analogy? host: do you ask that because you see a contradiction? caller: sure. people are bringing up, for the people bringing up the fact that israel is using disproportionate force, they should question whether we use disproportionate force and whether we should fight our wars differently and whether we would be willing to suffer more casualties like they think israel should to make things quote unquote fair. host: what do you think? guest: it has been well-documented that the u.s. did use disproportionate force in many instances. whether in iraq or afghanistan. those criticisms are nothing new or particularly original. i would say that it is hard to make comparisons when the context is so c

host: we are back with shadi hamid, the policy fellow for middle east at the brookings institution.out thelk israeli-gaza conflict and the role of the other countries in the region. twos begin with the central players. let's begin with hamas. what is there and him? game?: -- their end guest: they want to ease the blockade to allow goods and services to come in. gaza is pretty much trapped. there has been so much civilian loss of life. hamas needs to go back to their constituency and say, this was worth it. your lives are going to improve. that is how they can claim some degree of victory. i would say that is the most important component. they also want to be able to build popular support in the west bank. there are two key theaters here. hamas has gained in that respect. we have seen growing sentiment in support of hamas' position, certainly on the west bank. the future of hamas? what are they hoping to do? what is their future? is certainlyfuture difficult, in the sense that israel is not willing to beingile itself to hamas a dominant player in the palestinian seen. -- scene. is wh

. >> on the next washington hamid., shadi pagepolitical reporters winfield cunningham. in los angeles times investigative reporter david willman. and we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow, secretary of state john kerry will talk about u.s. india relations at the center for american progress. we will have that live at 1:30 p.m. than the leaders from the largest jewish organizations will gather in washington dc to show support for the people of israel. include national security adviser susan rice, house speaker john boehner, the israelihy, and ambassador to the u.s. you can watch that on c-span three. on the communicators, two members of congress talk about their talk elegy legislation -- technology legislation. data,u can collect that and it is a lot of data, that may include americans but it cannot be the purpose of the data. if you want to search that lawfully acquired database for americans, you should get a warrant. not that you can i the information, get a warrant. premi

then, from the center of middle hamid, and, shadi then the agreement on the v.a. bill. head of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services will testify about u.s. immigration and deportation policies. this comes as congress debates the influx of minors crossing the border. there is a committee hearing that starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and ukraine's foreign minister said monday that pro-russian separatists are continuing to try to manipulate the wreckage of the down the malaysian airliner. about afternoon, a talk the russian complex at the atlantic council. that is also on c-span three. now, leaders from a number of jewish organizations hold a conference on the israeli-palestinian conflict. national security adviser susan rice, house speaker john boehner, and the israeli ambassador to the u.s.. this is two hours, 20 minutes. >> ssh. they think they are in -- ok, steve? sirens]d continuing] everyone.noon, i will allude to what we just heard a little bit later, but right now, i want to welcome all of you to this really important event on behalf of the confere