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y as a matter of fact one of his special assistants, phillip gordon, was there ink israel lat weeksrael. >> absolutely. up. we must understand is hamas is a nonstate, nonuniformlçua blijt . jpá the tablg talking about having negotiations. the only negotiation should be the totalxzoxñ elimination of h because its charter talks about the complete destruction and killing of every jewish citizen, man, woman and child, and the destruction of israel. so how are you going to negotiate a cease fire with this type of group? all thep/9 doing is buying time to replenish the 1,000ç s rocke they just expended. and those rockets and armaments were destroyed. >> ijyñ can you help me out? why does>+okáhe united states o america fund this hamas coalition government? we're giving them money. why would we do that -- to our closest ally in the region.)á you mentioned phillip, blamingq israel for occupation of the west bank. that is the exact language of the palestinians. whose side are we going to be on here? >> that is the rhetorical question, whose side is barack obama on? obviously phillip gordon

we have phillip gordon, a senior military official in charge of coordinating middle east policy pretty much blasting israel in a speech in tel aviv... ism i saw. >> asaw some reports on gordon's speech and he didn't say anything we haven't said. we know it to be true, the israeli knows it's to be true. if israel want to maintain a jewish and democratic character it needs to find a way to stop governing palestinian arabs. what phil gordon said is something we know to be try, the 2-state solution is the only way to achieve israel's aspirations for security and democracy, and the palestinians aspirations. >>> you wrote in "buzz feed", suggestions of what the administration should do, saying: >>> you're calling for colin powell for a bigger and more together. >> here is the thing. we know, and to his credit secretary of state john kerry understands this. james cary said "i'm down with call." >> we are the only external influencer over there. there's a great myth over there on every side. i've sat through music through binyamin netanyahu and advisors, and make them do it. >> we can't make t

we heard from a white house official, phillip gordon, talking about in effect -- intimating that israel must seize the moment with president abbas, because he has shown himself to be a man of peace. these are strong signals emanating from a an administration, particularly in a moment of conflict like this. >> well, lou, of course we very much appreciate the united states' attempts for peace, and certainly the recent rhetoric from washington, recognizing israel's right for self defense. this is something which is very important. but it at the same time, i think it was a little bit awkward timing to publish this article of the president yesterday when most of israel is in shelters, and the hamas has continued to fire and target civil populations. and we have to remember, this hamas is now part of abbas government. and you cannot split their responsibility between the hamas terror and the abbas government. and i think he should be taking into task and also, i think the entire international community has to understand that we are now reaping the -- i would say the sour grapes, the fact that

yet president obama hailed president abbas as a man who could help broker a peace deal, and phillip gordon called him in his speech last week a -- quote -- reliable partner for peace. madam president, holocaust deniers are not reliable partners. madam president, leaders who incite hatred and bigotry in the murder of innocent children are not reliable partners. just two months ago, i was back in the nation of israel. i traveled to the north of israel to the ziff hospital, a hospital in the north of israel that has treated over 1,000 syrians wounded in the horrific civil war waging in that country. i met with those israeli physicians and nurses as they described they have given over $8 million in free medical care uncompensated. one person in particular i spoke with there was a social worker who described the shock and trauma of young children. imagine, madam president, you're a little boy, you're a little girl in syria. you go to bed in your bedroom and a bomb, a missile, a mortar comes through the ceiling, explodes, and when you awake, you have been who who are i have beenicly wounded, and