hanan ashrawi. >> we do not control our borders and ports. amy: plus, we speak to palestinian historian rashid khalidi. >> what has been going on in the last few ds in palesne and israel is roed in historical issues. palestinian property was taken than in similarly with disturbancn israeli cities. amy: and we look at how republican senators are trying to block one of the nation's most prominent voting rights advocates to had the civil rights division of the justice department. we will talk to ben jealous about the fight over kristen clarke's confirmation. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the death toll in gaza has reached at least 119 as israel escalates its aerial assault and fires heavy artillery at the besieged territory ahead of a possible ground invasion. israeli attacks have killed at least 31 pestinian children, many under the age of 10. gaza authorities report 40% of the victims in the israeli strikes have been

you see, you've selectively took one of hanan�*s very credible lines, but hanan is busy, as we speakl matter. she's focusing and we are focusing on that this is a moment when israel has got to change its approach towards the palestinians. and we are also focusing on this is a moment when the world has to change its approach towards israel. and once we do that, then we will discuss this individual and that individual. elections are an absolute necessity, but they are the tools, the means towards the main objective, and the main objective of our people is freedom. we want to get rid of this virus. this virus is lethal. it has been spreading for 100 years. we cannot convene normal, natural elections like the rest of the world. we want to... the youth of palestine want their voice to be heard. this is a dignified nation, stephen, and part of our dignity is elections, is democracy, is transparency. but even that we have been deprived of. when israel blocks us from convening elections, then we are to blame when the aggression is happening right now. so, let's go back to this new approach.