Rula Jebreal on Paris Attack: This Is ‘Absolutely Not’ the Islam I Know

"Absolutely not. Look, I am an Israeli citizen, ethnically Palestinian. I am a Muslim. I have a Jewish husband and I have a Catholic daughter. These are -- I couldn't be the way I am today and make the choices if I wasn't raised by a tolerant father who was [indecipherable] But if you -- your question, Chris, is very important. What Islam these people come from, what ideology? I mean look at Saudi Arabia. After September 11th, our response and vengeance, went towards the wrong place.

We went and we invaded Iraq because we felt that somehow al Qaeda is connected with weapons of mass destruction. We didn't find anything. We actually invaded a country that was a secular country; ruled by a dictator, but it was a secular country. Today the ideology, the faith and the base for these people is Wahhabism and that's Saudi Arabia. But we didn't do much about it. We don't do much about it. Another country that is producing, mass producing extremists is Egypt and we don't do much about it because these are our allies. It's time actually to address these contradictions that are producing more extremists.”