ok, nathanj brown, professor— now. 0k, nathanj brown, professor at _ now. 0k, nathanj brown, professorssor at george washington university, thank you for joining us. university, thank you for joining us— protests have been held around the world in support of palestinians, as courtney bembridge reports. from hamburg to honolulu, italy to iraq, events like these were held around the world. this is madrid, one of several protests held across spain. speaking spanish translation: we've been silent for many years, - it's time for us to go out and speakfor all those palestinians who are dying, and defend them. because if we don't do it, no—one else will. in london, a stream of protesters marched through hyde park towards the israeli embassy. organisers say 100,000 people attended the rally, urging the uk government to do more. the whole world should be doing something about it. including this country, america should be doing more than just sending an envoy. i think it's the cause that will go from one generation to another generation until palestine is free. in paris, police used tear gas and

nathanj brown is a professor of political science and international affairs at george washington universityhinks this conflict is headed. well, it seems they are both hamas and israel are determined on carrying this forward — at least in the short term. we're probably talking several more days of fighting. it's not going to be a final military conflict but they both think they have something to show the other side. as a professor of political science, i am sure you are aware more than most that when we find ourselves in global situations like this, history can often be a guide as to how we get out of them. in terms of the way things are going now, is there any hope that previous ways of resolving violence between israelis and palestinians could work this time? it doesn't seem that — at least, over the short term. what we've seen over the last decade or so has been an entirely international diplomatic edifice led by the united states, but with the participation of from the eu, the un and even from the russians. it was dedicated to producing a two—state solution, getting the israelis and pale