overall, the blockade of gaza as a whole has been destroying or diminishing a lot the potential for economic grohsocia growth and so on. the attack is much more than an attack on hamas. >> looking at the international situation, when the united states says it is backing cease-fire, is this lipservice? >> there are two needs. one immediate and one long-term and serious. immediate need of stopping the bloodshed and solving the immediate humanitarian needs, cease-fire could be useful. if the americans are ready to push israel for a cease-fire than to be useful. i'm not sure they will be successful. there is a more important need. more important need is to address the deep root causes of the situations. that the americans are not ready nor prepared to do it. nor willing to do it. the view of the conflict is a colonial view. they view the situation exactly likehe israelis do. am talking about the administration, not the american people. their occurrence within the american society that are very critical of their leadership. basically, in order to address the issue, one has to go to the root cause. roo