RUSH TRANSCRIPT Even better ░░░░░░░░ Try cretors handcrafted small ░░░░░░░░ popcorn Since Hamas devastating ░░░░░░░░ attack on Israel And ░░░░░░░░ s put a new ░░░░░░░░ on tensions in the ░░░░░░░░ East And just how ░░░░░░░░ got here Seth Doane ░░░░░░░░ a Sunday journal 00 ░░░░░░░░ in Israel have been ░░░░░░░░ in Gaza at least ░░░░░░░░ 100 Keeps getting worse ░░░░░░░░ sometimes reluctantly faced with ░░░░░░░░ reality of yet another ░░░░░░░░ in the Middle East ░░░░░░░░ time sparked by the ░░░░░░░░ brutality and barbarity of ░░░░░░░░ surprise attacks by Hamas ░░░░░░░░ aftermath of the Holocaust ░░░░░░░░ s based on a ░░░░░░░░ that this state would ░░░░░░░░ Jews from precisely these ░░░░░░░░ This was the largest ░░░░░░░░ incident of Jewish death ░░░░░░░░ murder since the Holocaust ░░░░░░░░ s ambassador to the ░░░░░░░░ S We connected with ░░░░░░░░ from the bomb shelter ░░░░░░░░ his home To fire ░░░░░░░░ at Israel from the ░░░░░░░░ Strip Destroyed It s ░░░░░░░░ for us We have ░░░░░░░░ known people Seth every ░░░░░░░░ of us who have ░░░░░░░░ massacred dismembered executed It ░░░░░░░░ intentionally personal Happens long ░░░░░░░░ Contributor to the New ░░░░░░░░ and has been covering ░░░░░░░░ across the Middle East ░░░░░░░░ the last 50 years ░░░░░░░░ Netanyahu thinks he can ░░░░░░░░ Hamas but can he ░░░░░░░░ the idea the politics ░░░░░░░░ the commitment by Palestinians ░░░░░░░░ feel that there is ░░░░░░░░ prospect down the road ░░░░░░░░ a two state solution ░░░░░░░░ don t see the ░░░░░░░░ of their freedom their ░░░░░░░░ their jobs the economy ░░░░░░░░ think this is far ░░░░░░░░ than the kind of ░░░░░░░░ language that Netanyahu has ░░░░░░░░ using Defense ministrist ins ░░░░░░░░ will wipe Hamas off ░░░░░░░░ face of the earth ░░░░░░░░ Hamas fighters make up ░░░░░░░░ about 1 of the ░░░░░░░░ in the densely packed ░░░░░░░░ Strip It s sealed ░░░░░░░░ from Israel by that ░░░░░░░░ barrier and now they ░░░░░░░░ encircled by Israeli troops ░░░░░░░░ being pounded by airstrikes ░░░░░░░░ saying they are running ░░░░░░░░ of food They are ░░░░░░░░ out of water Israel ░░░░░░░░ turned off the swif ░░░░░░░░ electricity There is a ░░░░░░░░ crisis unfolding in Gaza ░░░░░░░░ now The passions among ░░░░░░░░ Palestinians who even among ░░░░░░░░ who never liked Hamas ░░░░░░░░ living under siege is ░░░░░░░░ tough and the most ░░░░░░░░ thing about the future ░░░░░░░░ where are their hearts ░░░░░░░░ passions and their commitments ░░░░░░░░ a siege is not ░░░░░░░░ help make them fans ░░░░░░░░ Israel Has a complicated ░░░░░░░░ history with the roots ░░░░░░░░ competing religious and ancestral ░░░░░░░░ to the land stretching ░░░░░░░░ millennia Participants hope is ░░░░░░░░ first step for breaking ░░░░░░░░ cycle of violence in ░░░░░░░░ Middle East Some hope ░░░░░░░░ peace The handshake Recognizes ░░░░░░░░ Palestinian organization p l ░░░░░░░░ recognizing Israel s right ░░░░░░░░ exist Hamas responded with ░░░░░░░░ Fundamentalists of Hamas took ░░░░░░░░ for The Kills calling ░░░░░░░░ gifts to yasser arafat ░░░░░░░░ peace settlement and all ░░░░░░░░ traitors Receives funding from ░░░░░░░░ and is labeled a ░░░░░░░░ organization by the U ░░░░░░░░ and the EU came ░░░░░░░░ control the Gaza Strip ░░░░░░░░ it won parliamentary elections ░░░░░░░░ 2006 United States was ░░░░░░░░ get the Palestinians on ░░░░░░░░ the West Bank and ░░░░░░░░ to speak with one ░░░░░░░░ elect yasser arafat s ░░░░░░░░ the p l o ░░░░░░░░ the government which was ░░░░░░░░ to deal with Israel ░░░░░░░░ there was such alienation ░░░░░░░░ disillusionment with the p ░░░░░░░░ o That populations turned ░░░░░░░░ Hamas And that has ░░░░░░░░ any kind of peace ░░░░░░░░ because the Palestinians are ░░░░░░░░ between the two territories ░░░░░░░░ have very different ideas ░░░░░░░░ how to move forward ░░░░░░░░ Israel Towards peace has ░░░░░░░░ between Israelis and Palestinians ░░░░░░░░ a two state solution ░░░░░░░░ increasingly unlikely Israel has ░░░░░░░░ peace with several Arab ░░░░░░░░ Why are we seeing ░░░░░░░░ conflict explode again now ░░░░░░░░ variety of reasons Israel ░░░░░░░░ engaged in possible eventual ░░░░░░░░ with Saudi Arabia brokered ░░░░░░░░ the United States which ░░░░░░░░ have been the most ░░░░░░░░ peace process between Israel ░░░░░░░░ the Arabs because Saudi ░░░░░░░░ is the guardian of ░░░░░░░░ s holy places Now ░░░░░░░░ because we let our ░░░░░░░░ down frankly And we ░░░░░░░░ going to have to ░░░░░░░░ that Fail that failure ░░░░░░░░ the smoke clears Iran ░░░░░░░░ involvement supporting Hamas adds ░░░░░░░░ the risk that the ░░░░░░░░ will widen Born in ░░░░░░░░ U S he made ░░░░░░░░ home in Israel and ░░░░░░░░ in the longer term ░░░░░░░░ sees progress Prospect for ░░░░░░░░ Is this just an ░░░░░░░░ issue No peace with ░░░░░░░░ there was no peace ░░░░░░░░ Jordan Morocco uae bahrain ░░░░░░░░ Peace with Saudi Arabia ░░░░░░░░ had no relations with ░░░░░░░░ no relations with the ░░░░░░░░ bloc we had no ░░░░░░░░ with China with Africa ░░░░░░░░ isolated If you told ░░░░░░░░ a half century ago ░░░░░░░░ what Israel s foreign ░░░░░░░░ would look like I ░░░░░░░░ say you know what ░░░░░░░░ of narcotic are you ░░░░░░░░ Really Do not underestimate ░░░░░░░░ possibilities and the hope ░░░░░░░░ peace Heartache of today ░░░░░░░░ m hearing that you ░░░░░░░░ hope?
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