rula jebreal. a journalist and foreign policy analyst.d to what you heard from professor dershowitz and address my question of how do we get beyond this issue of hamas in gaza needing now to rebuild and israelis having a legitimate concern of safety as they move forward. >> with politics. simple. regardless rhetoric, i would say we tried to bombard gaza. israel tried to bombard gaza in '09, '12 and now 2014. they did not topple them. when you live under military occupation, resistance can become a strong narrative. whether we like it or not. if we take out of the debate and conversation, the context of occupation and blockade, we can never understand what is happening on the ground. we need to apply policies. military solution is not a solution. didn't lead anywhere. it actually empowered extremists on the expense of moderates. abbas, the palestinian authority, created and formed a unity government that created hamas. in a moment where hamas was weakened and almost bankrupt. at that time, the p.a. accepted which is recognizing israel and

joining me now is rula gibril.olicy officer and david gergen, and a former presidential adviser to presidents nixon, ford and ronald reagan and clinton. quite a resume there. rula, i'm going to start with you. you know the u.s. is extremely polarized these days. are you surprised that views on israel might have less to do with politics and more to do with age? >> i would tell you it has more to do with where you get your information from. if you have your information from mainstream media, probably you would believe what you have, which is what the government is giving you, what the israeli politicians are giving you. and air time is mostly given to them. if you follow the news on social media and you speak more languages, and you follow the news on independent media, then you have a different view. these views of the politicians are challenged there. and there is the pictures there is evidence. there is reports there is journalists on the ground that are telling you different narrative. >> but david, the counter a

i agree complet completely witha and yousef and rula.we have seen from the obama administration is a real moral and political failure, you know, i think what is needed is a sense of the link damage, the relationship between violence and occupation. this linkage was well established by ironically must have the previous administration, which at that time a dozen or so years ago they put forward a road map for middle east peace and that internationally accepted road map established a very clear link between israel's security and deoccupation, and decolonization that if you want israeli security you have to provide a horizon that shows that palestinians are -- that israel is relinquishing control over palestinian lives. this administration has bypassed that entirely and skipped right over to try and resolve these permanent issues without any safety net for how you deal when things get out of hand. you can't simply leave the parties to themselves. the bottom line, and i know this has been stated but i think it can't be stated enough, israel s

rula jebreal. a journalist and foreign policy analyst.ou heard from professor dershowitz and address my question of how do we get beyond this issue of hamas in gaza needing now to rebuild and israelis having a legitimate concern of safety as they move forward. >> with politics. simple. regardless rhetoric, i would say we tried to bombard gaza. israel tried to bombard gaza in '09, '12 and now 2014. they did not topple them. when you live under military occupation, resistance can become a strong narrative. whether we like it or not. if we take out of the debate and conversation, the context of occupation and blockade, we can never understand what is happening on the ground. we need to apply policies. military solution is not a solution. didn't lead anywhere. it actually empowered extremists on the expense of moderates. abbas, the palestinian authority, created and formed a unity government that created hamas. in a moment where hamas was weakened and almost bankrupt. at that moment hamas accepted conditions that the p.a. accepted which is re

and rula, a pleasure. don't be a stranger. >> never. >>> we'll continue more on today's fighting in gaza. the great israeli-palestinian debate. and the other war ukraine and russia as investigators dodge bullets to retrieve the remains of 80 passengers from malaysian flight 17. but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on. >>> this is a fox . this is a fox news alert. the israeli soldier feared captured by hamas in gaza, 23-year-old lieutenant hadar golden is dead as we have been reporting with details let's go thrive fox correspondent connor powell in gaza. what do we know, connor? how did the israelis discover the fate of this young man? we have a bit of a delay, but tell us what you know. >> reporter: right, geraldo. so for the past sort of 24 hours, the israeli government had said that this lieutenant, second lieutenant hadar golden had been captured by hamas while trying t

here is rula on msnbc. >> the media is ridiculous, disgustingly bias when it comes to this issue.ook at how much air time on a daily basis. i've never seen one palestinian being interviewed on these same issues. >> mort, what do you think in terms of media bias and what you just heard? >> a lot of the people feel the press is tilted against israel and a lot of the people feel it's tilted in favor of israel. but guess what? that's the way the media works. on the balance, i think it's a very tough battle to figure out who's ahead and it varies from moment to moment. you know, when you look at what happens, when israel was heavily criticized for some of the civilian casualties that came out of what they were doing, it was one thing. when the israelis were the recipients of 2900 missiles that were armed missiles, it went in the other direction. some people will call it bias, some people will call it reasoned judgment. >> rula, welcome live. my wife, erica, like you, i have a jewish spouse, to cancel our subscription to "the new york times" because she thinks it's biased against israel

rula amin, al jazeera. >> my name is peter theo curtis. i'm a journalist. >> the u.n. says it was not involved in his release but facilitated the release to u.s. >>> now story leaked to the new york times, revealed a major escalation between the international supporters and opponents of political islam. four senior american officials are cited in the story that said twice in the last seven days egypt and the united arab emirates have teamed up for battle of control of tripoli libya. the spokesman for the shia militia, and blamed external forces for the attacks on tripoli. >> based on the intelligence we have the egyptian and uae governments are directly involved in the attack. we stress we have good relations with the good people of egypt and the uae but the libyan rebels want to make it clear that we will always defend the sovereignty of this aggression. >> we'll have more later in the program however staying with libya there is a new development in the political conflict between the old and the new parliament. the old parliament which refuses to recognize its success

rula joins us from northern lebanon. unsermoniously cut off by technology. tell us about the significance of the gains by the is in that part of syria. >> well, for the highest group, this win consolidates grip on a long stretch of land. whether from regime or other rebel fighters. >> symbolic victory. they look efficient and effective. >> it's a big loss. this was the last football. in the whole province. the government invested a lot of strikes to defend it. and they did. to them, that's a big loss. hundreds of soldiers. if the syrian observe try - they lost 117, defending the effort on sunday. another. present in july. >> quickly, we believe the foreign minister is going to speak to outline the government's condition on the fight, relationships with the international community that it may cooperate with. >> yes. you know the line that the president had since the beginning. he is fighting terrorist groups, for the longest time. - but now the government is hoping that the is, the vicious fight will rally the world against is and they want to tell the world

rula amin. >> maria ines ferre has the headlines. ines. >> attorneys to give him additional information before issuing a final order. today's rulings comes days after a similar law was blocked in mississippi. >>> a droit man -- a detroit man testified at his trial today. be wafer said he heard loud noises outside, opened the door slightly and saw someone quickly come from the side of his house. that's when he fired his gun. mcbryde walked to his porch after crashing her car nearby. prosecutors said he should have stayed insides and called for help if he was scared. >>> probe comes amidst allegations of sexual assault, drug use and cheating. the academy has a student body of 4,000. a local report exposed cases of alleged misconduct among some of the school's athletes. >>> and workers in tewksbury massachusetts, protest over an ouwhere ousted ceo. the board stands behind its decision to replace him. workers who walked off the job must return by today or they will be replaced. >> i'm not going in there so i'm guessing i very well could

. >> live in beirut, rula, the fighters have been overshadowed by what is happening in iraq, and what can you tell us about what their movements in syria are? >> they have gained momentum from what is happening in iraq. they have gained more money and armored vehicles, and they have a lot of money due to the control of the oil fields. in syria, they have offensive on two fronts. one against the syrian regime. and the other against the rebel fighters and rival rebel groups. they have other rebel groups with the army, they have been retreating in fear of the isis offensive. and they have pushed further against the government's position. the government had one specific foot hold left, which was an air base, and that has been under attack by the isis for weeks now, and they have been able to take three other air bases. this is the only one left. in syria, they have been trying to send in their own reinforce. trying to push off the offensive. and they have been able to kill dozens of the isis fighters, but they have suicide bombers affecting it, and many of the regime force have been kille

rula amin reports on one group of christians who made it to lebanon. >> desperate iraqi christians line up on a hot august day to receive food rations. the caldean church is organizing this food distribution from those who fled from the violence in their country years ago and those who just arrived from northern iraq. like maria butros, she arrived in lebanon three days ago. >> we were scared. it's very hard to leave everything behind and just flee. >> they all tell of the same stories. johnny has been here for just over a month and been living off of charity. a christian lebanese family paid his rent for this small apartment where he lives with his wife and three girls. >> our children, our muslim neighbors said you better run before they come and kill you. >> johnny says he was scared and left everything he owns behind they uprooted us from our own land, his wife says, referring to the armed group, the islamic state that forced them out of iraq. >> these are not muslims. we don't know where they came from. they have no religion. we lived with muslims for over 40 years. this group have

. >>> rula has more on the fighting in syria.nd the influence of the islamic state group. >> they have gained more momentum from what happened in iraq. they have gained weapons, tanks, and they have a lot of money due to their control over the oil fields. they have been against the syrian regime, and second against the other rival rebel groups. in aleppo there are other rebel groups like the syrian -- free syrian army, who have been in retreating in face of the i.s. offensive. in one province the government has one specific foothold left which is an air base. and that air base has been under attack by the i.s. for weeks now who have been able to take three other air bases. this was the only one left. yesterday they were sending their own reinforcements trying to push off the offensive. they have been able to kill dozens of i.s. fighters, but the i.s. fighters have also pushed further, and many from the regime forces have died as well. the conflict in syria did give them more momentum. they have more fighters, more money, and a mo

. >> rula jebreal says she is no longer welcome on msnbc. the question should asked of her bosses on the way out the door go beyond just one network, just one market. the same questions can be put in varying degrees to media outlets the world over. >> one of them was: if we liberal media are not willing to challenge the israeli narrative, then who? and if it's not this moment in history, where there are thousands of people being killed, injured n gaza with this huge human capacity in gaza, then when? >> our global village voices now on the coverage of the war in gaza. >> media coverage of the assault on gaza continues to perpetrate the myth that this is a war between two equal sides. the conflict or casualties mounting on both sides or cycle of violence give the misleading impression this is two sides with equal power. the media continues to promote the myth that the recent kidnappings of three israeli teens in june and the occupation and years of siege in gaza and the west bank. >> it has been an invaluable source getting information on gaz

rula amein has met with some of those families. >> desperate iraqi christians line up on a hot august day to receive food rations. knows who fled years ago and those who just arrived from northern iraq. mary albatross arrived three days ago. >> we were scared. it's hard to leave everything behind and flee. >> they all tell of the same story. >> john has been living off of charity. a christian lebanese family paid his rent for this small apartment where he lives with his wife and three girls. our muslim neighbors said they better run. johnny said he was scared and left everything he owns behind. >> they uprooted us from our own land, his wife says, referring to the armed group, the islamic state, that forced them out of iraq. >> these are not muslims. we don't know where they came from. they have no religion. we lived with muslim did for over 40 years. this group have nothing to do with islam. >> this, a syrian priest has been organizing a campaign to help the iraqi christians who managed to get to lebanon. he says he is frustrated. >> what's happening in mosul is that the original peo

rula has been to akar in northern lebanon, and sent this report. >> they endured the loss of their homes, settling in tents. they endured the snow and the cold. endured the heat and the lack of water and electricity. lost their jobs. lived on food rations and survived on people's charity. almost all refugee parents will tell you, their children not going to school is a devastating aspect of the refugee life. >> it's a crime. it's a crime that the children are not going to school and learning. there's not much i can do. >> this man came from aleppo, his 14 children have not been to a proper school in two years. including 7-year-old tim and 12-year-old. less than 14% of syrian refugee children are enrolled in school. u.n.i.c.e.f. says 17% of refugee children are not receiving formal education. drop out rates is on the rise as the numbers increase and funds to help them decrease. >> some of the refugee children are likely to be enrolled in public schools in lebanon. they have to struggle to catch up with a curriculum they are not familiar with. some n.g.o.s offer basic alternative schooling

. >> rula amin, al jazeera, beirut. >> al jazeera is demanding the release of its three journalists whoe now been imprisoned in egypt for 231 days. the three were accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, a charge the station denies. in june, two were given seven years sentences, mohammed got an extra three years because he had a spent bullet with him which he picked up at a protest site. >>> there has been more unrest in the u.s. state of missouri, a tension stand-off with police after some people threw bottles and molatov cocktails during a night of protest. one group attacked a shop that unarmed teenager michael brown was accused of robbing just before he was killed by police. the latest from ferg sown. >> reporter: protesters were standing off with a line of armored police vehicles over on this area right here. they backed up, all of these protesters. a large number of them came through and started breaking into the beauty shop. they were running out with armfuls of supplies. some people went over here to this liquor store and tried to break in there. some people started g

read books but bad things happen to reporters who talk about this issue when i mean well just look at rulajebreal she was a respected and as n.b.c. contributor who called out the mainstream media for having a pro israel bias and then all of a sudden all of her scheduled t.v. appearances were canceled whom. she pointed out that between june thirtieth and i think july tenth c.n.n. had seventeen various israeli public officials on air and one palestinian yes she managed to get one more appearance on chris hayes show but they change their title from m s n b c contributor to palestinian journalist if i really get into this i have no idea what's going to happen to me now this is one example it doesn't mean anything i'm sure going to be fine i don't know man i'm just i just get really nervous about these things look look there my title has changed. but i didn't tell you the state isn't supposed person. that is kind of weird but if you know it sounds like a promotion right i don't know if you're qualified to be a spokesperson for everyone no i'm not a member of that capital one and it was a total

rula jebreal in new york. yousef munayyer is the executive director of the jerusalem fund. am pleased to have them here to talk about the way they see the events in the middle east from the palestinian perspective. is the palestinian community supportive of hamas in terms of the conflict? >> thanks for that question. one of the biggest misunderstandings is the militants in the gaza strip were just hamas. that is not the case. every palestinian political party with a military wing was engaged in the resistance to the israeli attacks. that reflects a broad will among the palestinian population to resist. and of course the siege, which does not discriminate between members of hamas and members of the young and old. it is the indiscriminate, collective punishment of 1.8 million people in the gaza strip. it is about the people in the gaza strip and everywhere pushing back against this ongoing occupation. the seas which for the past several years has put a huge toll on the civilian population. >> let me understand the notion of who was fighting. what other palestinian groups are

rula amin, al jazeera, tunisia. >> maria ines ferre has the headlines make. >> final order. today's decision comes days after a similar law was blocked in mississippi. the law requires doctors at abortion clinics to have hospital admitting privileges. in denver the u.s. air force academy's athletic program is under investigation. the probe comes amidst allegations of drug problems, assaults and cheating. alleged misconduct among some of the school's athletes. >>> delinquent water customers in detroit have until august 25th to pay their bills. customers have one last opportunity to come up with a payment plan during this time. >>> and workers in tewksbury, massachusetts today, say they want to work for arthur domales, if board members allow him to buy the market bask grocery chain. workers must return by today or they'll be replaced. >> i'm not going in there so i'm guessing i very well could be fired today. >> reporter: in fact, the store is holding a three day job fair starting today to replace those workers. and a group of boaters in hawaii are telling their survival story

. >> thanks, rula. >>> let's cross now to -- from beirut to washington and patty culhane is there. patty, days after that awful beheading of james foley, some good news with peter's release. >> reporter: well, one of the things i think that's important to point out, right now there's a funeral mass for james foley happening in the state of new hampshire. what we saw with james foley's disappearance was his family launched a very public social media campaign to try and get his release. i can tell you the man calling himself peter theo curtis, i don't think it was clear to anyone he was held captive in syria. we know about two other american journalists missing in syria. austin tice and also steven sotlaf. as for peter theo curtis, there's been no push to get him out. there's been no public campaign happening to try and get his release, so i think everyone is taken a bit aback in washington. we've been reaching out for comment and confirmation from the state department and white house. we haven't got answers. if we do, we'll pass them along. >> i wonder, a difficult question, but we'

rula amin reports. >> they were elected in june but this is their first official meeting. violence is rife in tripoli and violence has forced the army to withdraw. under the protection of a heavy security presence. fighting between different libyan militia, to add to complexity, the head of the parliament has called for a meeting in tripoli, the head of the new government has called for a national unity government as a way out of the current crisis. >> translator: the transition government is proposing an urgent vision to put in all measures to reserve security. that will produce a balanced situation in libya. glfer the instability caused libya's oil production to drop below 450 thousand barrels a day, well below the 1 million barrels a day it produced a year ago. the u.s. france and others have pulled out days ago. continued to cross the border into tun tunisia to escape the fighting. these jnt egyptians are stuck oe border. the egyptian foreign minister and prime minister have agreed to evacuate those who are stranded. >> we don't have a precise estimate of figures consi

rula mein has that story. >> the observer for human rights said over 100 were executed in the past 24 hours. it's a large number. it's not the first time that the islamic state executed soedz and prisoners but it is a large number. it happened after the islamic state was able to take over a military air bass in raqqa province. at least 100 people were taken over as the islamic state was trying to take it over from the government. they captured a large number of soldiers and killed many as well. this kind of acts are creating fear, fear in not only the civilian population in that area but, also, even among raj e-mail forces. >> i spoke to rick nelson who is also a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. i asked him what message the islamic state group is trying to send with such brutality. >> i think the primary recipients of their message is the local population and the regional actors there. i don't think it's much wider than that. they are trying to gain control over the territory and i think this is one of the ways they are trying to exercise it. >> is the vie

rula jebreal thank you for the conversation. >> thank you for having me.e and the conversation will continue. >> all right, let's talk a break here on "new day." when we come back, a sobbing theodore wafer takes the stand at his own murder trial, describing shooting renisha mcbride on his front porch. emotional testimony. you're going to see it for yourself and you can judge if it's proof that he acted in self-defense. (vo) get ready! fancy feast broths. they're irresistabowl... completely unbelievabowl... totally delectabowl. real silky smooth or creamy broths. everything she's been waiting for. carefully crafted with real seafood, real veggies, and never any by-products or fillers. wow! being a cat just got more enjoyabowl. fancy feast broths. wow served daily. "vocce vanduccos!" "when your favorite food starts a fight" "fight back fast" "with tums." "relief that neutralizes acid on contact..." "...and goes to work in seconds." ♪tum, tum tum tum tums! "and now, try great tasting tums chewy delights." "yummy." (water dripping and don't juspipes clanging)n

i'm joined by foreign policy analyst and italian palestinian journalist, rula javreile in new york.gyptian led effort to perhaps lay the groundwork for a new cease fire? >> well, you need to have the parties to have a cease fire and eventual political solution. israelis decided not to send a delegation and that means the palestinian side will speak to the egyptian side and it's, this is the fourth war in gaza and we didn't achieve any of the goals, which is security for israel and eventual political solution for the palestinians. it's time to understand that there's no military solution to this. we realize between 2012, the last war and this war, that hamas is much there's many tunnels we don't know of. they probably destroyed some of them, but not all of them, and beyond that, there's human catastrophe taking place in gaza. the thing we need to focus on is a political way out of this. end this cyclical violence and guarantee for both sides. security for israel and aspiration of palestinians for freedom, dignity and other life that are met. otherwise we have a date every two or thre