to talk more about this was bombardment of gaza and the process in washington, we're joined by amira hassz correspondent for the occupied palestinian territories, based in ramallah. her latest piece is headlined "with no water or electricity from israel, gazans risk dehydration and disease." hass is the only israeli jewish journalist to have spent 30 years living in and reporting from gaza and the west bank. she joins us today from new york. welcome back to democracy now! if you could talk about this, this is the first time we are having you on is this crisis began, your response to what is happening and the latest news? >> it is very hard. details, describing the horrors that -- unfortunately, i'm not in the country. i came a few days before this hell started. yesterday i was at the demonstration in d.c. i was in the demonstration not to cover it but to be part of a group that first of all demands to put an end, to declare an immediate cease-fire. i wanted to share -- to be with people who share common feelings of grief, of fear for the people we know and love, of mourning for the people

we spend the rest of the hour with legendary israeli journalist amira hass.haaretz correspondent for the occupied palestinian territories. she is usually based in ramallah. her latest piece is "with no water or electricity from israel, gazans risk dehydration and disease." today we bring you part two of our conversation. nermeen shaikh and i spoke to her after she attended wednesday's historic protest in washington, d.c., led by american jewish roots calling for an immediate cease-fire. we asked her to describe the scene. >> it was an expression of common grief and shock of people for juice is made sue slogans were "not in our name" and "cease fire immediately." for me it was important to be there so i was there as a person come as an individual, as a je,s not a journalist. there were quite a few israelis that i know that started the days in the states. we all need support cash which, by the way, palestinians are not allowed. jews are allowed to hold demonstrations. all over, there are places where palestinians are not allowed to hold demonstrations and solid

amy: amira hass talking aboutmr. lifshitz.urnett said clearly she is voicing hamas talking points. and when she said the doctors came every two or three days and gave them medicine and if they did not have the proper medicine they would get kind of replacement medicine, she said that that hamas is hoarding medicine because the palestinians don't have it. your response to yocheved? >> my response to her but also to you is don't watch cnn in the morning if you want is about the middle east. that is best for your health, for your mind, and bad -- bad for your health, bad for your mind, bad for serious and accurate news. there many better options. my reaction to yocheved, she represents two things to me and i spent my whole life in the u.s. and around the world interacting with very close friends who have known all my life and people in the arab world and europe and everywhere. my reaction is, she represents probably the essence i think of what makes judaism such a special religion. it is based on ethics, based on love, based on t