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

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

. >> 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

books but bad things happen to reporters who talk about this issue when i mean well just look at rula jebrealshe 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 train wr

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 jebreal, host, author and political commentary and a foreign policy analyst for newsweek youseft from the palestinian perspective. this is the palestinian community supportive of hamas in terms of this conflict? with israel. >> and thanks for that question, charlie. i think one of the biggest misunderstandings about this conflict was that the people participating in the militancy on the ground in the gaza strip were just hamas. and that, in fact, is not the case. every palestinian political party that has a military wing was engaged in the resistance to the israeli attacks and i think what that reflects is a broad will among the palestinian population to resist this israeli aggression on the gaza strip and of course the siege on the gaza strip which does not discriminate between members of hamas, it does not discriminate between the young and the old. it is the indies discriminate collective punishment of one point a million people in the gaza strip. so i think this is not just about hamas. this is about the palestinian people in the gaza strip, and of course everywhere wanting

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