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Israeli side is, look, think about the american political situation. 90% of americans wanted gun control legislation passed and couldnt get it through congress because of a powerful entrenched lobby. theres a very powerful lobby inside the israeli government for continued expansion of settlement growth. that which has a lot of influence in benjamin netanyahus party. although most israelis i think would support a two-state solution, they are not as influential and as mobilized on this issue as ar...

One as the israeli government points out hamas isnt particularly concerned that they locate weapons c are aches, even missile launchers, rocket launchers close to civilians within civilian compounds. because part of what they are trying to do is trigger an israeli reaction which will end up killing civilians. there is another piece. gaza is the most densely populated place in the planet. so these people are all huddled together. it points to the overall futility here which is that youve got four...

Mahmoud abbas, who unlike hamas, accepted israels right to exist and supported nonviolent protest, has been to undermine at every turn from maa massive subsidizing of settlement growth. ultimately a strategy against hamas not coupled with a political strategy that offers palestinians the hope that they can have the rights and dignity that come from statehood is ultimately in the long run i fear going to fail. >> question, though. is there political support within israel for that political soluti...

Under netanyahus predecessor, you had someone who was very very serious and eager about a palestinian state near the 1967 lines so the american role was much easier. benjamin netanyahu comes from the political right, is not interested in the creation of that kind of palestinian state. in fact, last friday, he said pretty explicitly that he now no longer supports giving up security control over the west bank at all, which basically rules out a palestinian state. under those circumstances, the cha...

After that tragic killing, immediately put them in custody, were putting them on trial. theyll serve a good chunk of their lives in jail. thats what we do with the killers. we dont name public squares after them, dont glorify them, we dont educate our children as suicide kindergarten camps as happens on the palestinian side and see what hamas is educating them to, no peace, no two-state solution, nothing, just jihad, more and more violence, more and more murder and more and more bloodshed. this ...

Netanyahu to talk about the escalating violence in gaza. >> many israeli friends have said to me theyre deeply concerned about what they see in this rise tiny but very violent and dangerous jewish extremism as they saw with that murder o that young palestinian boy and the aftermath of those three israeli teen aerjs that were kidnapped and killed. how concerned are you about this? because that police report ta came out, you read that. that was awful. >> heres the difference. we dont glorify these...

Awful. >> we dont glorify the killers. we apprehended him in three days after that tragic killing, immediately put them in custody, were putting them on trial. theyll serve a good chunk of their lives in jail. thats what we do with the killers. we dont name public squares after them, dont glorify them, we dont id indicate our children as suicide kindergarten camps as happens on the palestinian side and see what hamas is educating them to, no peace, no two-state solution, nothing, just jihad, mor...

Suicide kindergarten camps as happens in the palestinian side and you should see what hamas is educating them to. no peace, no two-state solution, nothing. just jihad. more and more violence, more and more murder and more and more bloodshed. this is not our way. we have, i think, a society thats tested not by the extreme fringes of that society but how it takes care of them. we take care of those extreme fringes. we basically isolate them and ostracize them and punish them. i think what you see ...

And destroying the peace process. basically what you see today is not only the initiative of killing of hundreds of palestinians but the end of the two-state solution. in a way, mr. netanyahu is saying, i dont accept two-state solution and he also does not accept one-state solution so its discrimination, apartheid and colonialization on the ground. this is a game-changer and its very serious because reoccupying gaza completely. instead of ending occupation, he is expanding it. >> doctor, we shal...

To marginalize hamas and hopefully get rid of hamas. the way for peace is for the palestinians and israelis sitting down and working out the two-state solution. hamas clearly is not interested in that. the immediate concern is to get a cease-fire and israels already agreed to that. we need to continue to press for the cease-fire. >> do you see a way, sir, to wipe out hamas without the civilian casualties? >> well, clearly, we need to get international support so that sponsors of terrorism such a...