amy: rashid khalidi, the edward said professor of modern arab studies at columbia university.thor of a never of books, including his latest, "the hundred years' war on palestine." we will link to your opinion piece in the l.a. times headlined "how the u.s. has fueled israel's decades-long war on palestinians." coming up, we look at how a group of palestinian christians are trapped in the holy family church in gaza where a mother and daughter were shot dead this weekend by an israeli sniper. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: the folksinger passed away this year. the song was later quoted in speech by dr. martin luther king jr.. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. it is terrorism. those were the words of pope francis after an israeli sniper shot dead two christian women, an elderly woman and her adult daughter who tried to save her at a catholic church in gaza city on sunday. the shooting took place at the holy family latin parish were scores of palestinian christians have been trapped with little food were wat