rashid khalidi, edward said professor of modern arab studies at columbia university.s the author of several books, including his latest, "the hundred-years war on palestine." and in the west bank city of ramallah, dr. hanan ashrawi, longtime palestinian diplomat and scholar. she was formerly an executive committee member of the palestine liberation organization, the first woman to hold a seat in the highest executive body in palestine. she also served as the official spokesperson of the palestinian delegation to the middle east peace process. welcome back to democracy now! let's begin with dr. hanan ashrawi. can you talk about what is happening now and the significance of both the attacks there and also the mob attacks throughout other parts of israel and the occupied territories? >> yes. the israeli patient forces once again targeted an area that is the most does the populated area in the world that is under a state of siege. ey have nowhere to go. nor died. th don't have shelters. they don't have air force. of course, they have no protection whatsoever. they started

let me bring in now rashid khalidi and martin indyk.he professor of mod arab studies and indyk was the united states envoy for palestinian negotiations under president obama and served two different stints as the ambassador to israel under president clinton. rashid, let me begin by asking you, what is the root of this -- and don't go back all the way decades and decades, what i mean is this didn't just begin with the rockets and the air strikes. explain to us what was happening in terms of what israel was doing in east jerusalem which seems to have triggered all of this. >> that is what triggered it. the assault on the mosque, firing stun grenades and tear gas into the mosque while people were worshipping on a ramadan night, and the displacement of palestinian refugees who were settled in homes which jewish groups claimed set everything off, as did the heavy-handed policing in the streets of the older city. i know people don't want to go back, but when people who are refugees from 1948 are being evicted yet again, it strikes a cord with

i'll talk to martin indick and rashid khalidi. and amal clooney is on a quest to bring isis to justice for genocide. but she said the u.s. government is not interested enough. >> they deserve better than the response that they're getting. >> i'll have an exclusive interview with clooney and the nobel peace prize winner nadia murad. but first here is my take. the republican party decision in effect to ex communicate liz cheney is a water shed event. it marks the final transformation of the party from an ideology driven enterprise to one that is tribal, marked less by ideas and more by group loyalty. let's compare the voting record of liz cheney to the woman who replaced here elise stefanik. the american conservative union gives cheney a life time score of 78 out of 100 for her consistent conservatism. stefanik gets a 44, which is one of the lowest scores for a house republican these days. cheney voted for trump policies while stefanik was one of 12 house republicans to vote against the former signature legislation, the 2017 tax cut

professor rashid khalidi is an author and the edward said professor of modern arab studies at columbia asked him for his reaction to president biden voicing his support for a ceasefire between israel and the palestinians. i take very little encouragement from it. the president's position has moved glacially, but he does not seem to be pushing the israelis at all. and without pressure from the united states, given the position the netanyahu government has taken, there will be no ceasefire and there will be no cessation of the horror in gaza or of the firing of rockets in israel. right. i suppose the clear issue would be that israel is responding to rocket attacks — this is how it is framed — which are coming from organisations which are committed to the destruction of israel. so it's difficult to order israel to cease fire? except that misses context. the context is that israel provoked this with its extraordinary actions injerusalem, the assault on the al—aqsa mosque. the evictions that were planned in sheikh jarrah and so forth. and also, the violence which we see in the paroxysm righ

the historian rashid khalidi, edward, a professor of modern arab studies at columbia university has written extensively on the palestinian struggle for statehood, including the 100 years war on palestine are a very warm, a welcome, a fragile cease fire is holding, at least at the moment in your assessments, how has promised come out of this conflict? i think that come out to strengthen. but i think that if the action isn't taken to address some of the causes that lead to this, and that started around the events in jerusalem, the mosque and the attempt to dispossession of people in the neighborhood. this will just be a temporary halt. and it won't really matter who came out ahead as a result, if for example, the blockade of god is not listed the miserable condition, the prevailing guys are a lot improved. there's no hope for this. the fire last thing any longer than the last one. now there have been many rounds of conflict and fighting and some are saying, well, this time is different. do you feel that it's different this time or just more of the same? well i think the one difference is that

and he would like to welcome them for some analysis of the events, the historian, rashid khalidi edwards, the professor of modern arab studies at columbia university is written extensively on the palestinian struggle for statehood, including the 100 years war on palestine. sir, a very warm, a welcome, a fragile cease fire is holding, at least at the moment in your system. and how has how mosque come out of this conflict? i think they've come out to strengthen. but i think that if action isn't taken to address some of the causes that lead to this, and that started around events into the mosque and the attempt to dispossession of people in the neighborhood, this will just be a temporary halt. and it won't really matter who came out ahead as a result, if for example, the blockade of god is not listed the miserable condition that prevail and does not improve. there is no hope for this, these fire lasting any longer than the last one. now there have been many rounds of conflict and fighting and some are saying, well, this time is different. do you feel that it's different this time or just mo

joining me now is professor rashid khalidi, an author and the edward said professor of modern arab studieslumbia university. professor, thank you very much forjoining us. i want to ask you first of all, how much encouragement do you draw from president biden�*s new position, if i can put it that way? no encouraging, some would say, urging, a ceasefire?— urging, a ceasefire? they take very little _ urging, a ceasefire? they take very little encouragement - urging, a ceasefire? they take i very little encouragement from. the president's position has moved these yearly —— very slowly, but he does not seem to be pushing the israelis. and without pressure from the united states, even the position the government has taken, there will be no ceasefire and there will be no cessation of the horror in gaza or the firing of rockets. i suppose the clear issue would be that israel is responding to rocket attacks, this is how it is framed. which are coming from organisations which are committed to the destruction of israel. so it's difficult to order israel to ceasefire? except that mrs contacts. the con

i like to now welcome them for some analysis of the events, the historian, rashid khalidi edwards, the professor of modern arab studies at columbia university is written extensively on the palestinian struggle for statehood, including the 100 years war on palestine. sir, a very warm, a welcome, a fragile cease fire is holding, at least at the moment in your assessment. how has promised come out of this conflict? i think this come out strengthened, but i think that if the action isn't taken to address some of the root causes that lead to this and that started around events into the mosque and the attempted dispossession of people in the neighborhood. this will just be a temporary halt and it won't really matter who came out ahead. as a result, if for example, the blockade is not listed, the miserable condition does not improve. there is no hope for this, these fire lasting any longer than the last one. they have many rounds of conflict and fighting and some are saying, well this time is different. do you feel that it's different this time or just more of the same? well i think the one d