and then the palestinians become different type of gentiles. now, you can blame the israelis. but you can also blame palestinians for allowing enough justifications for the creation of that mess. maybe they were misled. maybe they had no other choice. but this is what you have. you have enough building blocks to create the myth of israeli -- >> were the palestinians misled during the four years? and how are they coping with their fears? we went to see a person who fought for victims without a future. >> i had my cousin killed by the israelis. and we were supposed to have a party here. we lit candles for all those who passed away to give us life. so we lit candles. and we cried there. then we came back home, we danced. we also cried again. and for us, that was the resistance. >> the regression in the last three years has been incredible in the relationship between palestinians and the israelis. is there any way that you found to go to the heart of israelis and tell them don't be afraid of me? >> i don't believe in this fear. we are the people who are afraid of them. they are the

other issues such as the israeli-palestinian conflict are important especially important to israelis and palestinians but have little impact on the larger scheme of things. 3 -- in this part of the world and perhaps elsewhere, there are perhaps few happily ever after. what starts with hope and inspiration rarely ends that way. look at the bloodless revolution in syria, the spirited to rear square, the courage and look where they are all today. anyone who followed the opslo process through the last 90 years learn this lesson a long time ago but you, mr. president, weren't for the first time. last, as an overall lesson, as much as words matter whether it is the cairo speech he delivered in 2009 or your repeated at important declarations on prevention of the iranian nuclear capability, actions matter most. do not mistake the former for the latter. i have to step out of my role for a moment because as an historian, today is the anniversary of my favorite ever presidential statement on the middle east. 70 years ago today, president franklin delano roosevelt issued the following statement t

this is not about an israeli palestinian piece here now.s is about a long truce and we'll have to see as the months go on where the chips fall on this one. >> thanks very much. that was a pleasure. >>> here at home in the states, the hours are ticking down to cyber monday. how do you decide? shop at home or go to the mall? >>> and designer hotels have more than just outfits. we'll tell you how you can stay in designer couture. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copays as low as a dollar through a preferred network pharmacy like walgreens -- where y

there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians are asking the security council to stop israel and what they call cold war crimes perpetrated by israel against the palestinian people israel of course is saying that the airstrikes are justified response to the rocket fire from gaza into south is for all it's worth noting that this wednesday while israel was storming gaza from air president obama was holding a news conference the president received no question about gaza and there was almost nothing on t.v. here about it i've been watching very closely the israeli defense minister who has indicated that this could be just the beginning mr barak who led the last israeli ground attack on gaza four years ago this three week operation cast lead in which more than one thousand and one hundred palestinians and twelve israelis were killed in the u.s. it's basically told us well whatever you do to the palestinians in gaza we're not going to polls we're not going to intervene and the usual line is the one that we heard th

after days of tit for tat attacks between israelis and palestinians, the israeli military stepped up, launching what they call operation pillar of defense. its first target was a military chief for hamas. the islamic political party that governs the gaza strip, which israel and the west call a terrorist organization. the israeli defense forces proudly hailed his assassination, releasing this poster. but his death was just the beginning. five of the palestinians killed so far were children, including this 11-month-old baby, held in the arms of his father, a local journalist for the bbc, who asked, "what did my son do to die like this?" this morning, ah ha has leader vowed revenge, telling reporters, "israel started this war, but they will never know its end. our rockets will hit tel aviv. we have a plan in place and they will regret what they did." and hamas made good on that threat, launching a rocket attack on tel aviv, israel's largest city, where residents crouched in fear. tonight, israeli troops were seen making their way to the gaza border. a grim indication that a ground war ma

last hour i spoke with a member of the israeli knesset and spoke with member of the palestinian legislative committee and i asked him for his reaction for the latest violence between hamas and israelis. whether he thinks hamas has enough international support moving forward with this conflict. >> first of all, let's put things in order because the responsible side for escalating this new round of violence is israel and not hamas. in israeli there was a truce during the last two and a half years and, of course, each time israel conducts air strikes on gaza, hamas responds with rocket attacks and then israel claims it is the conflict. we don't want any person hurt in this conflict, but in this case, it's not right or just to say that israelies have the right to defend themselves. >> let me just say first of all that we're not saying palestinians don't have a right to defend themselves. but israel says it only began attacks in gaza after enduring months of rocket attacks on southern israel by palestinian militants. first of all, do you believe that's the case? if so, can you fault a government

where launched a major assault on gaza operation cast lead killed more than a thousand palestinians and thirteen israelis did not solve the problem again it got worse and american officials keep repeating the mantra israel has no right to defend itself it sure does but the tragedy is that the palestinians to think they're defending themselves. israel's deputy foreign minister says most of those killed and injured in the bombardment of gaza quote deserved it because he claims they were armed terrorists palestinian health officials and human rights activists however insist more than two thirds of those who died were civilians with almost half of them children israel though says the ratio is lower r.t. talked to one of the country's m.p.'s assess her government conducted the assault in a very measured way. israel is putting so much effort to ensure that civilians are not hurt. i'm sorry but look at what we're spending on our money we're spending our money on defending our civilians making sure they're safe and making sure that we can we do not hurt civilians when we go to war what this hamas spend their mon

it requiring the palestinians and israelis to do the same kind of thing that was done in our own indeed i too hope that during president obama's second term he will actually be forceful with peace talks between the two countries but again all i can do is hope because that doesn't seem very likely now i followed up by asking president carter about a critical op ed he recently wrote for the new york times where you articulate how the u.s. is quote abandoning its role as a global champion of human rights check it out. you wrote an excellent article and june of this year where you said that the u.s. is violating human rights at home and abroad what factors do you see plain what are the main factors playing a role in this deterioration of human rights in the rule of law and how can we restore it well the main no violations to which i referred in that op ed piece have been brought about by over correcting the nine eleven disaster when terrorists. came in and destroyed as you know more than three thousand american lives and and to buildings that also even attacked the defense department so we

launched a major of assault on gaza the operation cast lead killed more than a thousand palestinians and thirteen israelis did not solve the problem again it got worse and american officials keep repeating the mantra israel has the right to defend itself it sure does but the tragedy is that the palestinians to think they are defending themselves are going to check on a correspondent in washington whispered to journalists not the war activists don't you told me if israel wants to protected so from gaza or it must improve living conditions for the people in the palestinian territories. their condition degraded from being starving to being starving and bombed and now the bombing apparently will stop and so that is a reason to celebrate as meager as it might seem in the face of starvation again the precondition to dealing with that is to give the people it's not just us at least you know enough to survive and have a decent life right now it's a million and a half people an opening an open air prison camp without food without medicine without the material means of survival except for those crumbs that are allo

this question especially given current events i know that you've worked for decades on the israeli palestinian conflict what is your reaction to the most to recent events in the region and do you think that we're beyond a two state solution here. well every prime minister before nato and yahoo and every american president and the leaders of all the european countries have agreed on a two state solution as the only process toward peace and that means israel's withdrawing from palestine with some exceptions on the sixty seven borders and letting the palestinians have a state adjacent to these ready state both living in peace netanyahu has bali did that. agreement that the whole world recognizes because he's now decided first of all that they are going to take over as much palestinian land as they won't they're doing that eagerly every week they are confiscating habitat homes they are tearing down the ones that they don't call to skate they're sending us israel is settlers into problems trying to take over the choice places that's one thing the second thing is that nathan you know who has announc

how has the arabs bring influence the palestinian- israeli situation and? >> we have the muslim brotherhood in power now in cairo. it is a democratically involved government so it is very difficult for anyone to say they do not want to do business with these people. it does not make sense to continue negotiating discussions with the egyptian government and not talk to hamas which is really a branch from the same tree. hamas is the political winner because the arab countries, they are all in support of hamas. it would be very difficult in the long run three europeans and americans to continue to ignore hamas. so this attack is really put israel in a more difficult position in terms of proper relations in terms of public perception in western countries. >> how likely do you think is it that president barack obama could use his second term in office for a new initiative for peace? >> many people in the middle east to do hope that he will pressure the israeli government to be more tolerant towards the palestinians because there is a strong need for a palestinia

normal palestinian state or simply palestinian territories the palestinian people do not have rights like israelis do as a result of the status. national entity and so this is. but status of the palestinian territories. to try and move towards a recognition of the palestinian territories as palestine and here in gaza this has a lot of significance because the palestinian territories geographically noncontiguous we have the west bank and gaza in the west bank particular associated with the power of mahmoud abbas and here in gaza particular associated with the power of hamas now recently of course we've had the two thousand and twelve gaza war seven eight day war with a state of israel and palestinian resistance groups including the resistance wing of hamas as part of this on brigades used force against the state of israel in that conflict that is starkly different in terms of positioning with the state of israel in terms of gauging where the state of israel in comparison to mahmoud abbas who is seen. western world as much more moderate in comparison to how mass presenting a more hardline position i

the israeli bombardment of gaza has entered its eighth day with the palestinian death toll now topping 139. more than 1200 people have been injured. on tuesday, to that israelis died in rocket attacks bringing the israeli death toll in the past week to five. earlier today, 21 people were injured in these really city of televisa when a bomb exploded aboard a crowded bus. israeli police say two suspects threw a bomb onto the bus before fleeing the scene. the attack marks one of the worst inside israel in several years. so far, no one has claimed responsibility for the bombings. >> international efforts to secure a ceasefire have so far been unsuccessful. hillary clinton has just arrived in egypt where she will hold talks with egyptian president morsi about a possible truce in gaza. clinton already has met with palestinian president abbas and ramallah and israeli print minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem. we go to gaza city where we're joined by "democracy now!" course on sharif abdel kouddous. this latest article was just published by "the nation." explain how you got into gaza and

israeli conflict. we have always been clear that only through direct negotiations between the parties and the palestinians and israelis achieve the peace that both deserve. two states for two people with a sovereign, viable independent palestine living side by side in peace and security with a jewish and democratic israel. that remains our goal and we measured a proposed action against that clear yardstick. will it bring the parties closer to peace or push them further apart? will it help israelis and palestinians return to negotiations or hinder their efforts to reach a mutually acceptable agreement. unfortunate and counterproductive resolution places further obstacles in the path of peace. that is why the united states voted against it. the backers of today's resolution say they seek a functioning, independent palestinian state at peace with israel. so do we. but we have long been clear that the only way to establish such a palestinian state and resolve all permanent status' issues is through the crucial -- permanent status issues is through the crucial and painful work of negotiation between the partie

palestinian authority in the west bank i also think that. though he stuck to fifty that took place in tel aviv today . to ames one to him bus israel and to kill israelis but at the same time it was one of the goals of those that have done it was to embarrass the palestinian authority that controlled most of the of the west bank and i believe that it will not affect very much the negotiations between the palestinians and us basically because i don't see any difference between an explosion came by a big two a bus in tel aviv oh an explosion that came by. myside a rocket to the area of tel aviv which i don't have colonel it's about thank you for being on the line we appreciate it in your capacity condi as an advisor on national security thank you. you as a recluse and travels across the middle east in an effort to mediate a cease fire the u.s. secretary of state's made it clear that israel as america's backing clinton reiterated his country's unwavering support for television but also called for a deescalation of the conflict in order to protect civilians but it's not he's going to shoot you can reports it's not always so the crisis in the middle east pr

palestinian sign of an israeli diplomatic defeat as u.n. overwhelmingly voted to recognize palestine as a sovereign state. and new draft constitution based on islamic law gets the seal of approval from egypt's muslim lawmakers with the opposition calling for mass protests to boycott the charter. of the world's most famous whistleblower join a son who promises more astonishing weeks revelations as he speaks exclusively to our team and they could or it embassy in a lot of them. in the russian capital you're watching r t with me or even josh palestine as one long awaited recognition at the u.n. after more than two thirds of member states voted in favor of upgrading its status the decision came as a blow to israel and the u.s. will harshly oppose the move calling it counterproductive right after a historic vote my colleague sean thomas spoke to our correspondents in new york and television as well as an activist in gaza. one hundred thirty eight countries including russia voted in support of the draft resolution that now elevates palestine stat

palestinian triumph an israeli diplomatic defeat as the u.n. overwhelmingly votes to recognize palestinian statehood by upgrading its status and the organization. the new draft constitution based on islamic law gets the seal of approval from egypt's muslim lawmakers or the opposition calling for mass protests to boycott the charter. the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange promises more astonishing we can lease revelations as he speaks exclusively to our team at the court there were an embassy in london. this is r.t. coming to life from moscow was marina joshing palestine as one long away the state recognition at the un after more than just thirds of member states voted in favor of upgrading its status the decision came as a blow to israel and the u.s. who harshly opposed the move and who now say the measure doesn't change anything right after the historic vote my colleague john thomas spoke to our correspondents in new york and tel aviv as well as an activist in gaza. one hundred thirty eight countries including russia voted in supp

the israeli people want security, they have a right to it. the palestinians want a state, they ought to be able to have a state. each of them should be invested. so far there's many obstacles and flex xwrit which you, wolf, know very well, have prevented that from occurring. >> i couldn't great more with your assessment. i know whoever president obama names as a special envoy will want to sit down with you and consult in depth on some of the recommendations you have on how to moch this process off the grund. as you know and i think all our viewers know, states for not only the israelis and palestinians, but the entire region, dare i say the entire world, are enormous right now. senator mitchell, thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me, wolf. >>> we're standing by, watching several breaking news developments. that terrorist attack in tel aviv today, terrorists going after a bus that was bombed right in the heart of the israeli commercial center. >>> we're also watching what's happens in gaza, right now israeli air strikes continuing even as hillary clint

passions among both israelis and palestinians and support for military action is an all time high with some public figures going so far as to call for the ethnic cleansing of gaza israeli political action history horrific rhetoric such such this has been a potential. we've seen. a good show on the son of the son of former prime minister shown on the. opinion article in the jerusalem post calling for genocide i mean you know i think it's i agree just not just that he he wrote this article but you know the editor is not of a distinguished newspaper and is really all really you know unknown right wing use paper but still and use the. newspaper that is part of the mainstream allowed him to to to air essential opinions people in rwanda people in the former yugoslavia were sent into the you know after every written words as cruel and inhumane as as as the ones they're going to mr shawn has has written and i have to say it's not an individual politician here and there i am very sad i'm ashamed to say that recent opinion polls were published in israeli newspapers i believe it recently have sho

worse and as israel warns it's hours not days before an intensifies attacks on gaza israeli schmidt from the palestinian center for human rights says a ground invasion is a terrifying prospect for those who remember the israeli offensive four years ago. there is widespread fear among the pa among the people here the prospect of a ground invasion is very frightening for people because it's inevitable that the civilian casualties will rise rapidly if. people here are still traumatized by the memory of operation cast lead which happened less than four years ago in which more than eleven hundred civilians lost their lives and many many more were injured humanitarian crisis is imminent in relation to the hospitals and the supplies that they have i visited as chief a hospital stay which of course this current escalation and spoke with the director general of the hospital there and he advised me that they. were just interrupted there on an ongoing basis. that. they are always short of regular medical supplies. because the situation has worsened their lack and lacking in such basic supplies that antibiotics i.v

policy of assignation of leaders of the palestinian struggle groups shows that israeli occupation wants to drag the region toward instability the statement adds that the occupying state has to understand that the changes the arab region especially egypt have witnessed will not permit the palestinian people be put under the hold of the israeli offensive in the same way as in the past what's perhaps most troubling is the deafening silence from the obama administration just today obama gave his first press conference since being reelected where he touched upon a whole range of global issues and unsurprisingly there was no mention of the declaration of war against america's closest ally in the middle east unsurprising because it goes without saying that israel respond with full military force and they'll come out just fine look it's clear that neither side is totally innocent here but there is one thing i want you to consider the gaza strip exists under complete controlled occupation by israel the region is an open air prison where daily life is a constant struggle for dignity israel bombin

second intifada took place claiming the lives of five thousand five hundred palestinians as well as more than a thousand israelis they also years were failure in policy by the palestinian leadership and in two thousand and six home office became the democratically elected leadership of palestine. now hamas is still considered to be a terrorist group by the us government and it's on the state department list of terrorists however when taking this entire historical narrative into context you must consider that any attacks against israel by palestinian groups is the unavoidable outcome of an aggressive military occupation of the people the people of palestine are suffering they're still paying for the decisions of those who rashly acted on their behalf over the course of the last century thousands of homes are bold those in the story by the israeli military every year against international law the palestinian people are being terrorized on a daily basis with the checkpoints methods of dehumanization and all this is happening in an open air prison and which they are confined you know really need to look back at the

were to turn or somebody were to try to turn it into further confrontation between the israelis and the palestinians. while the u.n. vote to be seen as a failure of israeli diplomacy it also calls into question america's policy in the middle east u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called a recognition of palestine unfortunate saying it damages hopes of peace but such rather it is only damaging washington has run the brute out of her and palestine chronicle dot com. what hillary clinton has actually said can only be understood within the old context the us is an evil to get out of the rot it's political rot of many years partly the united states its is stuck in its own foreign policy of all it is incapable of adapting to a new middle east to the so-called arab spring to the new realities that are emerging from the region it is still trying to side with the israeli lobby is trying to back israel right or wrong along with few islands that are kind of basically exist within within the american political sphere it's embarrassing day for american foreign policy today yet they persist and they ref

resolutions is going to force israel to withdraw there has to be a mass movement among palestinians forcing an israeli withdrawal but once the palestinians do mobilize and there is a smooth men then i think you can see from the united nations vote international public opinion and the opinion of states in the international community they will rally behind the palestinians and israel will finally have to pass packets bags and return to its own borders ok thank you very much norman and thank all of my guests here many thanks my guests in tel aviv gaza and in new york and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember crosstalk. and. you can if you want to. see me speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story for you here. in trying. to find out more visit our big don't all teeth don't call me. please. liz. liz. play. a glint. live playing. clue. and. led mission free play cretaceous and free transport chargers free to make amends three players free studio ti

than the palestinians are killing israelis. who do you think holds the high moral ground, if either side does right now, in terms of opinion outside of the immediate region? >> well, i mean, that's a difficult question to ask, because certainly outside the region, there are impressions that are gleaned from the news, from what people read in the newspaper, but really, it's here where history of this conflict doesn't begin last wednesday when the fighting began. we go back a hundred years here and therefore, the high moral ground, if you want to debate that here in the middle east, you will spend the rest of your life speaking yourself blue in the face and you will not come to a conclusion about who holds the higher moral ground. >> anderson, one of the key aspects of this is the involvement of iran. i interviewed shimon peres yesterday, who was very firm about iran have been training and tooling hamas, financing them, supplying them with their long-range rockets and so on. do you think all that is entirely accurate? do you bel

resolutions is going to force israel to withdraw there has to be a mass movement among palestinians forcing an israeli withdrawal but once the palestinians do mobilize and there is a movement then i think you can see from the united nations vote international public opinion and the opinion of states in the international community they will rally behind the palestinians and israel will finally have to pass packets bags and return to its own borders ok thank you very much norman and thank all of my guests here many thanks my guests in tel aviv gaza and in new york and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember the top. story. parents versus social workers duckett nabbing b.m. laptop and me me than that kidnapping children have become a prize used to fight full why does the law or threaten families of a social for if you see me in the form of they have a right of will hold minimal me faith in what they have any kind of suspicion about the world more food off your children are often just better at bringing up kids than their own mom and dad. and from what we have an ind

resolutions is going to force israel to withdraw there has to be a mass movement among palestinians forcing an israeli withdrawal but once the palestinians do mobilize and there is a movement then i think you can see from the united nations vote international public opinion and the opinion of states in the international community they will rally behind the palestinians and israel will finally have to pass packets bags and return to its own borders ok thank you very much norman and thank all of my guests here many thanks my guests in tel aviv gaza and in new york and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember trust us. if you want to live. live . if. russia would be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from funniest impressions. please for instance on t.v. dot com. wealthy british style stock. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report.

there's a dramatic power imbalance between israelis and palestinian. the israelis are the only party that has the capacity to change the landscape by building settlements. palestinians don't. so in the absence of even-handed american mediation, which we haven't seen, obviously, the palestinians have to find other ways to create leverage against the israelis or the israelis are going to continue to think that perpetual occupation is a viable policy option. unfortunately that's what the past 20 years of u.s. mediated negotiation has let us do. >> let me push back to the point that you had in 1999 and 2000 the best effort, and last effort of bill clinton, camp david meeting and from his perspective, what he's written about since and spoken about since, yasser arafat did not come prepared to make a deal, yasser arafat waiting for a sign-off from the various arab leaders, he didn't get that, and he didn't have the courage to lead, and that was the moment. there have been other moments, missed opportunities, even often said, under arafat he never missed an op

them preempt but seemingly it's a huge success for the palestinians there are many is like myself like many other peace activists and n.g.o.s and israeli politicians who believe that this was the right thing to do because at the end of the day what the un has voted is not only in favor of the palestinian appeal but they voted in favor of peace voting in favor of peace in two state solution is voting in favor of israel as well as voting for palestine but not into a short break now about the latest on the palestinian bid at the u.n. as well as all the rest the other top news headlines in just a couple of minutes time this is r.t. i'm kevin thanks for being with us. it was not the military as army announced today it signed a new contract with a unit of the huge contracting. it was not the operation to secure and rebuild the devastated country caliber company taxpayers for its contract work in iraq. it was the campaign for making billions of dollars alymer. reasonable and ordered bills exceed one billion dollars iraq for sale. for profiteers went on. evening. the super secret laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new old most sophistic

of social media boom among young palestinian activists in changing public perception of the palestinian israeli conflict has been huge youngers the residents regularly rush to hospitals and take and upload photos and videos of tragedy and inhumanity and some of the pictures have become symbolic of israel's disproportionate use of force the graphic and vocal message in those tweets is perhaps the reason why palestinian citizen journalism is proving more effective and why israeli social networkers simply cannot compete with the content coming out of gaza whether this first war started on twitter can become the first war lost on twitter is a question but one conclusion seems evident enough israel has not grasped the destructive power of social media s tightly as it's holding the people of gaza in its grip. on travels across the middle east to mediate a cease fire and the u.s. secretary of state has made it clear that israel has america's bonking clinton rate arrangement have countries and wavering support for tel aviv but also called for a deescalation of the conflict in order to protect civilians

everybody by surprise particularly coming today after we saw such a bloody day on both the israeli and the palestinian side there was a bus bombing around midday today here in tel aviv twenty eight people were injured and at that time it was widely expected that the israeli government would go ahead with its much threatened ground offensive so certainly people here are quite shocked that the israeli response has actually been to sign now a cease fire rather than reacting in the way israel traditionally has in the past and that is with a strong military reaction at the same time they were roughly around eighty five or . that rained down into southern israel today a third of them were intercepted there were also four israeli soldiers who were injured we have no information as to the conditions of those soldiers being injured at this point on the gaza side one hundred and twenty one israeli airstrikes they targeted rocket launchers they targeted smuggling tunnels and also hamas come on st so that's where we stand at the moment we're waiting another half hour for the israeli prime minister to confirm the

is this the end of the palestinian-israeli conflict? a two-stage solution upon us? >> the end of the palestinian-israeli conflict. we will never live that long. i think that this is just yet another little roadblock, and that think it is very important. because if the palestinians get this sort of karzai in the un are at least the ability to be on the international bodies, what they will do is start accusing israel of war crimes and israel will have to go before the bodies. lou: strong enough to stop this and the general assembly? >> not in the generrl assembly. lou: which means the palestinians have a significant propaganda. >> but only propaganda. it is not significant substantively. the most important thing right now i think for the united states is to keep that man alive because he is the only alternative to high moss which does not recognize israel, which will negotiate with israel. the united states has to find some way to keep him alive politically. lou: to that end that we might expect, perhaps, the autopsy results. coincide with the declaration of statehood

caused by the violence there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians asked the u.n. security council to stop israel and quote what they call quote war crimes perpetrated by israel against the palestinian people israel is of course saying that the air strikes are justified response to the rocket fire from gaza into a sow's and it's worth noting that this wednesday while israel was storming gaza from air president obama was holding a news conference the president was seen no question about that and you know the gaza there was almost nothing on t.v. about it that we were watching very closely these really defense minister who has indicated that this could be just the beginning it's a broad head you led the last story of the ground attack on gaza four years ago the . operation last. in which more than one thousand and one hundred palestinians and twelve israelis were killed this wednesday offensive is almost certain to set up a new round of heavy fighting with gaza militants or who are said to have a significant arsenal of war

civilian deaths are justifiable collateral damage and see how an israeli defense ministry spokesman commented on the growing number of palestinian children dying on our website. the graphic footage in gaza of dead children do you maintain that their deaths. of israeli israeli airstrikes are the fault of hamas. so i can tell you genuinely generally breaks my heart you think that we want to see dead children on any side who are in this predicament that however with the most strategically surgical precision pinpoint strikes when they're hiding beneath their civilian population there will be collateral damage. meanwhile hamas blames israel forestalling peace talks in cairo hopes that a cease fire agreements was a matter of hours were earlier aquash by israel's demand for more time to respond to proposals or brings us the details. the chances for ceasefire are increasingly elusive it's a far cry today wednesday what we witnessed from late tuesday when we were hearing that a cease fire was imminent at that stage a key hamas spokesperson said that the announcement would be made but now what we're hearing from hamas is that israel is to