our conversation continue on the website aljazeera.com/consider this or google plus for twitter. i'm david shuster - see you next time. welcome to al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz in for john seigenthaler. you are watching the only live national news cast at this hour. emergency request - the president asks congress for billions to fix the border problems open-ended offensive, israel pounds gaza with air strikes, and hamas pounds is ray. food for thought - how a $10

request for potato salad turned into a huge fundraising campaign. we begin with a growing crisis on the border. president obama called the flood of unaccompanied children a humanitarian crisis. he's asking congress for $3.7 billion to deal with it. libby casey has more. >> half is to go to children to take care of basic needs, and a $9 million request to detain adults crossing the border, and hundreds of million to go to the state department to work with central american counties, and $306 million going to border control to pay for overtime. democrats are said to push the

legislation through and get the emergency appropriations rolling. republicans are offering pushback and they are fighting it on a couple of fronts. they want a lot of accountability of how the money is spent, and they are criticising and saying not enough money is being spent on border security. republican reframe we have heard in the past. and here texas senator. >> apparently the president has given up on an effort to protect the kaiser reforms necessary to prevent the surge of unaccompanied children from continuing and getting worse. but i know that out of the $3.7 billion. money is spread everywhere. one of the things we are looking at is where it can be placed. >> there's a lot of blame on

capitol hill, over what many are calling a humanitarian crisis has gotten to this point, republicans blaming president obama's policies and democrats talking about the history of legislation. politics continues as president obama heads to texas on wednesday. it's designed to be a fundraising trip, now after getting criticism head on in person in texas, that came from republicans, he's hofing a roundtable discussion with texas governor rick perry and leaders and local officials. republicans including governor katy perry are criticising the president for not going to the border. the white house says there's no plans to do that, many of the president's top members of cabinet are making the trip. the white house has a presence there. the children are being treated differently because they come from central america as opposed to mexico. a 2008 law is the reason.

it gives mike grants application to stop u.s. trafficking. >> people are getting into the u.s. and staying here through illegal luke holes opened up by a law passed before president obama took office. >> it's called the william wilberforce trafficking victims reauthorization act of the 2008, signed into law by president george w. bush, less than a month before he left office, named for a 19th century, it broadened legal application for young migrants thanks to bipartisan support. the house and senate passed it unanimously. it says only children for mexico and canada can be sent home. the rest, like the thousands from central america get a chance whether they were the

victims of abuse or a crime. during the process they have to be left in the lease restrictive setting and if possible united with a family member. the white house say this law, in central america not lacking border enforcement is the use of the problem. take a look at this. according to government records published in "the los angeles times," deportation peaked in 2008 and plummeted after that. then there's this, the backlog in the courts, taking off in 2008. and the bottom line is most children coming from central america will stay in the u.s. for years, while their cases make their way through the legal system. so regardless of whether it's true, it's a lack time helping fuel the rumours of per misso, permits for children to stay in

the u.s. listen to what these honduran migrants told us. >> we went because of the permits given to minors. we heard in a parent arrived they'd give them permission to grow into the u.s. >> translation: we heard if we presented ourselves with our daughter to migration in the u.s., when we made to to the other side of the river, they'd give us a perment. >> officials are not always sure what the policy is. >> seeing the people make this decision, i thought it might be true. who knows. now i'm learning it's a big lie. >> some of the original sponsors of the 2008 law are calling for it to be revised. given the legislative gridlock on anything related to immigration, republicans and democrats coming together to fix what is a case of unintended consequences seems extremely unlikely. >> joining us now to discuss is

a cofound are of a managing director. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> what do you make of the president's latest approach. do you think the focus should be on fast-tracking deportations as some argue? >> i think that fast-tracking deportations means not allowing the children to have the adequate legal counsel that they have. under domestic policy and international law. saying we wanted to expedite it, it's one giving them their right to legal counsel and denying the right and sending many of the children back to death. i think the obama administration is right in the stepping up and taking leadership on the issue and proceeding with the request for congress. there are concerns with the

request, not only that the funding is not going to be enough, but a request asking for an expedited deportation process that is not going to report the rights that all of the children have for legal counsel and remember that we are talking about children that are fleeing violence. we are talking about a refugee crisis. and unfortunately republicans in the house, as well as democrats, and the president are all playing a blame game here and continue to play politics when it comes to policy. >> you mentioned the violence sending the families across the border, do you think the focus and money should be focussed on fixing the problem so the families do not feel compelled to leave in the first place. >> i think when we have children here, we need to ensure that our country and the leadership of this country, ensuring that

children are having adequate conditions. that is one issue. once we have the children here, you have to address the issue. you have to give them legal counsel and meet standards like having food and showers and places where the children can sleep. on the other hand, we are talking about a regional and international law issue, and the united states has a long history of being a leader when dealing with humanitarian crisis, and being a leader in the region. we can expect for president obama and congress to engage in conversations with central american countries on how to improve conditions there, and addressing issues of gang violence and others, so we don't have a situation where we have children having to risk their lives, seeking to survive and seeking protection in the united states. >> i wonder if you worry if this current crisis on the border is

going to hurt efforts at immigration reform, and do you think it could be an unlikely opportunity to push it forward? >> i mean, i think that there is an opportunity to talk about and expose the fact that this is a resolve of inhumane immigration policies that the country has been carrying. many of the children that are risking their lives are risking their lives because they want to reunite with their mum and dad. when we think of the children i think of my own experience of migrating with the family and many of the young people across the country who have risked their lives to reunite with their fathers and mothers in the united states. the one thing that this exposes is the inhumane laws that we have, that need solutions, and both parties have been playing politics and do not deliver on results. i think this is an opportunity for president obama and congress

to step up and be able to deliver solutions not only for the children that are fleeing violence, but for families here in the united states who have roots and are part of our community here, that also need to be able to leave without a fear of deportation and reuniting with families and reunite with family members that have been deported. the obama administration has deported 2 million people under his administration, and we are still waiting for solutions. >> solutions are hard to come by, a lot of disagreement. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. turning to the middle east, a decades long cycle of violence is escalating. >> yesterday hundreds of air strikes from israel hitting dozens, and rockets from gaza aimed as far north as tel aviv,

many stopped by the missile defense system. israel is planning to call up 40,000 troops. john head ron is standing by in gaz acity. what is the -- gaza city. what is the latest on the ground? >> there has been pops and booms. yesterday it heated up. there were clouds here and there from one end to the other of gaza city, which is where we are now. that intensified. they began outside of town. the latest strikes have been the institutions of power, the police academy works hit, the police headquarters was hit. and we are starting to feel more rattling of window here in central gaza city. so the activity increased. meanwhile you have had over-100 strikes. these are rocket attacks coming out of gaza, into israel. any time either of those are near you, it's insanely loud,

like working behind the pins in a bowling alley, where there's a constant laud jarring -- loud jarring noises. it's been an active night with more strikes on both sides in the past 24 hour than any time before that. >> there's talks that ground operations might be launched by israel. how concerned are people in gaza about that possibility? >> life has been absolutely transformed in the past day. it's dawn now. there's nobody out on the streets. last night there is nobody going out, no shops open. there were no restaurants. usually at night time, just a day earlier, everyone was out, all the lions were open. people came out to break the fast for the ramadan dinner. hotels were lined with guests.

there were dozens of tables. that was gone last night. an air strike hit 50 feet away. everybody is staying indoors, they are keeping family indoors, some endured in 2008 and 2012. the big fear is the one mentioned. the ground troops surrounding gaza will come in and enter. that will take it from an air strike to a ground fight. >> a lot of frayed nerves on both sides of the border. >> john hendren live in new york city. coming up, cycle of violence, a look at the decades old conflingt between the -- conflict between the israelis and palestinians. a storm to hit japan is headed there, one much strongest. it could -- one of the stringest. it could cause land slides in flooding. kevin corriveau has more. >> this is an image from space. you can see the eye, but not

much of anything else. here we have taiwan, and that is the coast of china. the islands are under the storm. they are affected now as we see the storm pass up here. a lot of heavy rains affected as well. in the next 24 hours across the southern portion of japan, that will be where you see land fall. the storm will be weakened for the equivalent of a storm. heavy rain will fall across the region, and a splat of mud sides and the storms will make its way up the coast. you'll see the equivalent of what is a proper storm, and if you are flying to japan you may see it there. thunder storms pushing through, we'll see hail, wind damage and the potential of tornados pushing through.

this will last after midnight, to one or 2 o'clock in the morning, and after that, light showers. that's a look at your weather. >> from a typhoon back to the u.s., at joshua tree national park, it's facing its hottest decade on record. it's so hot that the trees that gave the park its name have vanished in some areas. >> drive through joshua tree national park. some 140 miles south-east of los angeles, and you can see how the park got its name. they look like they are reaching towards heaven. so the story goes. the trees were named for the biblical figure. they came all the way from germany. the park is unique and beautiful. >> the very nature of what makes the park unique and beautiful is

fighting for survival. >> these wonderfully world dr seuss-like trees are the reason more than one million people visit the park. there's concern among scientists that trees will go from looking like this to this. where would that leave the park. if its name sake dies and disprrls. >> if there are no more joshua trees, we'll have to change the name. >> reporter: this wildlife biologist is combing plants, rocks and animals, as part of a study on how climate change, including the drought is threatening the eco system. there's plenty of evidence that the desert can get too hot and too dry. look around the elevation. you'll see hundreds of dead and dying trees littering the landscape. bad news is we could lose 90% of them. >> cameron, a reach ecologist

with the university of riverside is leading the study. >> baby joshua trees don't have a reserve of water, when a drought hits them, they are the first to go. it's the little guys that we are concerned about for reproduction services. >> if the joshua trees disappear, the park will lose more than its name. >> if we lose the joshua tree we youse. yoka moth, scott's orioles, and lots of different feesies. >> there's hope for fival. at at higher elevations the team find young healthy trees. >> this is a place we think will be a refuge from climate change, and we are seeing a lot of production. >> just as the joshua trees pointed to the sky, that's the direction visitors may have to go to see the symbols of the western desert.

>> it's not legal to smoke and smell - smoke and sell marijuana in washington. it's the second state to allow it. the supplies are hard to find. few stores have licences to sell pot and many will not open for days. allen schauffler explains. >> it's awesome. we can by legal marijuana. >> it's like a street party, hundreds waiting to spend money on legal recreational marijuana. >> this is freedom for the people who voted. >> i want to go in and check it out. buy what they have. whatever sparks my interest, be supportive and be a part of it. >> you want to be a part of history? >> yes. >> deb green, first in line, got here yesterday. >> i figured the stoners would be here from noon to noon. >> 20, 30 people, great, i'll get in, we'll party and talk. >> you have been here for a day.

>> i have. >> cannabis city, seattle's first pot store misses the high noon opening by 15 minutes. it doesn't seem to matter to these customers. >> it's like a candy store, like chocolate. you'll never get enough. >> prices are steep. $20 a gram, doubt the average cost of marijuana medicine or pot sold illegally. supplies are low. stores haven't completed had beening and inspections. on day one of sales, a handful of stores are opened statewide. the owners say customers are thanking him. >> if i hadn't won the lottery, i would be here, so this is wul. >> alison wrote the initiative voters proved in 2012. >> it's a game changer. >> it's when washington state

turned the owner on the war on drugs. >> they are calling this a day of success and celebration. >> well, from pot to pottato, a $10 fundraising goal from potato salad turns into tens of thousands with the help of kickstarter. why people are opening their wallets for a bite. >> a stunning defeat for the world cup hosts brazil.

with a failure of suingary drink ban, some are looking to pass drink taxes. san francisco, is looking to become one of the first cities to pass a per ounce tax. many have been introduced but have failed. strong campaigns helps to keep the ideas regaining traction. the biggest cup cake train has gone bust. fans have a chance to get a taste of the sweet treats there. one of the last cupcakes is being auction the online. the receipt shows it was brought. there has been one bit so far.

$250 million. it's going to cost you. >> an ohio man asked for $10 on kickstarter to make potato sal aid. he's made tens of thousands and now has to decide how to spend that money on pottator. >> this man was not a he'sy-tat-or when he needed to make potato salad, we went online. >> i'm diverse. >> he used kickstarter. the colombus dispatch newspaper was on hand when it hit $20,000. >> yes, zach's potato plan was a smash. he's in the eye of publicity. everywhere wants to hear your story, we invited him into the studios. >> i like potatos.

it was can i make a potato salad. i have never made it before. i figured i would lean on the internet, get funding to make my own. >> kickstarter, a u.s.-based website set up to help creative sites, claiming the total dollars spend was $1.2 billion, and funded $65,000 much the top three fund-raisers were $10 million. for iphone and android, and $6 million for the music download service. how is it that kickstarter, funding so many serious projects, is funding potato salad. experts say the site has changed elim ability requirements. >> the most respected on the internet eases restrictions, you'll see a flood of rather humorous projects. i don't think he was trying to embarrass the site.

butt that's what it has done. and kickstarter has been criticised. >> with tens of thousands, the kickstarter rules must be spent on potato salad. what is he going to do. >> our goal is to do the most food. we would three a huge benefit party, and invite the enter internet. >> all that money for potato salad. >> you might have seen this. a shocking result. not that germany beat brazil, but they scored five times in the first half. it was the worst loss in world cup history, a 7-1 blow-out. the host country and its fans are out. germany plays the winner of netherlands and arnal.

look at the empire state building lit up in red and yellow in honour of germany's win. >> next - the israeli-palestinian psych of violence. tensions rising and escalating, and what is next in this decades-old conflict.

[ ♪ theme ]. >> israeli teenagers murdered. a palestinian team burnt to the death. hundreds of rocket attacks from one side. hundreds of air strikes from the others. and now an army mobilizing. tonight - an al jazeera special report - israel and the palestinians. >> a cycle of violence escalating between israelis and palestinians. >> and today a near constant barrage of air strikes from israel hit gaza, killing dozens.

fighters continued a rocket attack aiming as far away as tel aviv. israel called up another 40,000 reserve troops, a sign of things getting worse. al jazeera's john hendren is in gaza. good evening to you. what has been happening there in the past few hours? >> good evening. what is happening right now, as we speak there are booms in the background. overnight we have seen plumes, all along the sky line at one point to another. over the last 24 hours, it's been the most concentrated series of strikes on both sides that have occurred so far. israel said it would escalate the campaign. hamas said it would broaden its range of rocket strikes into israel. well, both sides kept their word. we have had over 117 rocket

strikes from the gaza area, 273 israeli strikes from air, sea and land, and they have taken their toll. 29 people have been killed more than 100 injured. one of them was a man from islamic jihad's military wing, in a house strike. the israelis are hitting houses. that has had a terrifying effect on the population. it's really insanely loud, if one of these things goes off near you. and that has a real effect on the people all around, i know, because i have colleagues in a hotel where 50 feet away, one of these israeli air strikes came down, it has everyone hunkered down. the fear is there'll be more to come. you have israeli troops around the border, and you have reservists. the concern is there'll be a ground strike after the air

streaks. >> you're mentioning these troops and 273 israeli strikes. how are the people in gaza coping with all this violence? >> people are scared. yesterday everyone was in the street. all the shots were open at hotels at meals people came to to break their fast. hundreds come to the hotels and celebrate with big buffets. none of that happened in the past night. people are not out. they hungered down, not driving in the streets. throughout the day, wherever you stood in gaza city, you could hear pops and booms. in some cases 2-3 blocks away from where we were at the time. it is terrifying when the sounds go off. it's keeping people inside and has them fearing for the future. >> in israel some communities

are preparing gun fire. nick schifrin is in gaza. what is it like there on the ground tonight? >> good evening, we spent the afternoon in a small israeli community between here and gaza. this is an example of the kind of hatred and fear spreading through israel. >> even though he's half a mile from the gaza war, this man feels at home. >> for 24 years he lived in the farm, supervising this area. >> i like this place, it's quite. >> he lives with his wife and 13-year-old daughter. >> they love it here. but for his daughter it's time to go. >> translation: it's the kib utes where i grew up. if the situation remains this way and i continue to be scared, i move to another area.

watch her face. that sound was not thunder. it was a rocket landing 500 feet away. the rockets fired from gaza, targetting the neighbourhood and country. they hadn't killed anyone. they spread fear and seer images into every member of the community. firefighters show up minutes late at an impact site. they expect these attacks. >> we heard a boom. you flynned, do you get used to it. >> no. this is the spot where the rocket hit. they dug up the missile which landed here 20 minutes ago. you can smell the black soot in the air. it spread all the way up the hill. >> the tension is spreading. >> he was told two palestinian

fighters got inside the neighbouring community. terrorists tried to get in. it looked like they shot. it's that attack that led him to lose the understanding and sympathy. he used to have friends. he curses them today with a smile. >> that's what they do. i understand nothing. >> translation: at the cab utes's edge, it contains the best view of gaza. some see this as a spectator sport. >> i wanted, he says, to see how we strike back. today's attack wounded no one, causing no damage. the fear sparks a need for revenge. >> do you support the operation, if they will, they shut one, we

have to show them who is the cycle in the neighbourhood. >> the psych jox. >> the psycho in the neighbourhood. >> they pray israel strikes harder. >> i ask everyone in the cab utes, despite the fact that his daughter wants to go, he's not going anywhere. >> nick schifrin joining us live from israel, thank you for being with us. >> in the past few days hundreds of rocket were fired into israel, many intercepted and israel launched its own air assault over the border of the both have weapons that are more and more capable of inflicting damage. jonathan betz joins us. >> gaza's rockets are more powerful and fly further. the biggest threat was a small, low-tech, home-made. the range was six miles. they were fired in 2001.

thousands have been launched, especially after israel pulled out of gaza strip. the rocket came out the next year. more expensive and powerful. they were specific targets. they can fly up to 25 miles, more than a million people are in its reach. around 2012, not too long ago, this rocket appeared. these are what deeply worry israelis. for the first time hamas can reach major cities. they may reach as far north as hifa. that would be a first. in all, hamas talked to or have 10,000 rockets, most made within gaza. israel says some rockets or parts are smuggled from iran, through tunnels across the border with egypt. israel has a stronger military, sophisticated antimissile systems and the iron dome. it's only recent, since 2011.

israel says it can shoot rockets, some get through. israel uses f-16 war planes. in recent days, waves of assaults on the strip. so far the only casualties is in gaza. the fear is on both sides, as it escalates millions are at risk. >> thank you for being with us. palestinian americans, human rights cornery joins me now. >> you have friends on the ground. what are the biggest concerns? >> one of the biggest concerns is what israel will do next. anybody who looks at a map and knows about the region, that israel governs authority between the mediterranean sea and the jordan river. even though hamas is within the

west bank, israel controls the region. the fear is what is the next step. >> there's a lot to be fearful about. what viewers don't know is two weeks or four weeks before the kidnapping, the violence was a structural violence. israel broke the 2012 ceasefire by shrinking the amount, the nautical miles that fisher many go out. this is an attack on lively hood. this forces families to move. >> you are talking about structural violence. >> that is the violence we should focus on. >> we are focussing on it. >> that causes these eruptions. >> what are the palestinian people wanting at this point. what do they see from israel

coming next? >> the only thing palestinians wanted and demanded is the end of military occupation, the end of an apartheid regime, equality for all and self-determination, they have not asked for israelis to leave, but asked for them to stop, removing them from their home, allowing them to live and assert their appearance. this structural violence is the violence that we don't focus on, and instead we focus every few years on kinetic violence that is a spectator sport as your other commentator mentioned. >> i want to the talk about that. the truth is this is war, and gaza is shooting off rockets. rockets launched from gaz e to israel, that is a sharp response, is it leading to violence? >> you are asking me as someone lying comfortably in the united states. i don't think it's a smart response.

unfortunately, in 2012, in response to hamas's violent tactics of using rockets, israel agreed to ceasefire terms that had never before agreed to. it demonstrated and taut the lesson, that the violence in hamas was able to demonstrate in this span of a few weeks, was more fruitful to the palestinians on paper, than 20 years of false peace process, leading them nowhere, except tore destroying the two-estate solution. that's not the issue. this is not where - if i was an advise junior to hamas, i would tell them to stop. they don't care that they think. the structural violence is the root cause. if we are only interested in watching a speak tator sport, we are missing the real issue? if we miss the issues and looking for a viable solution,

we have to ask who is responsible, and how should they be held accountable. >> israel is intoeble, it is a -- responsible, it is a state. >> you don't think the palestines bear responsibly. >> i think everyone bears responsibility, but if i said who was to bear the ultimate responsibility, israel bears that responsibility. it receives 3.1 billion from the united states annually. therefore all american citizens are complicit in what is going on, and sproeble and should be saying something about how that mun your is used. it should be used in order to end the occupation, rather than entrench colonialism and fan the flames of racism as demonstrated over the past few weeks. 25 palestinians have been killed in two days alone. 37 palestinians were killed since june 12th. you were paying attention to, is

what this looks like this terms of air sirens, and not paying attention to all the palestinians that are not able to go to university, the palestinians not able to travel and feed their family. >> changes ahead for both sides. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> rabbi david leads a community in los angeles, and he was named the most influn sal rabbi -- influential rabbi in the united states. let's jump into it. dozens killed in gaza, is the response appropriate? >> i think what we have to consider is the larger context of what is going on. remember when the children were kidnapped from israel, it wasn't just that it was an escalation, it was that there were celebrations, candy was given,

there was a three finger salute, a comment that there would be more kidnappings, and when they talk about racist violence, look at the textbooks, where jews are portrayed as pigs and mopingies. the racism is inniun direction. if the violence was a function of israel's ruling... >> you see it's in the streets. palestinian children have been killed for years and years. >> of course. >> what do you say to those saying "look, this is a response to what israel did to the palestinians.". >> i would say what i said before. first of all, it's not just a response to israel's occupation of other people's territory as is sometimes portrayed, because remember the first wars against israel in "48 and '66 were before israel controlled the west bank and gaza. there's a larger and deeper

hostility. the hamas charter calls for the destruction of the state of israel. it's not as know what you have on the border is a peaceful partner, and you are treating them badly because you are angry. >> how do we deal with it? >> imagine if the military situation was refuses, and hamas had the fire power of the israel, and israel had the military firepower of hamas, how many jews do you believe would be left alive in israel. april that honestly. the solution is for the culture of both the west bank and gaza politically, eventually, to evolve. one thing that worries us is when we look around the arab world in syria, in iraq, you know, and also in iran, where the nuclear centrifuges are spinning faster and faster, which is the greatest threat no

the middle east. when those things happen, if you are an israeli, you have to wonder, being in this neighbourhood, what do i have to do to have people on my border who really would accept and embrace me. >> i want to come back to the united states. president obama calling for a deescalation of the violence, what is next. what is the role of the united states? >> it's terrifying. look, inno scents are dying. palestinian children are dying. israelis are in bomb shelters. the united states can broker a ceasefire, something we can wish for. i don't think at the moment that any side wants to escalate the conflict. also, i think people in the united states should just imagine what it is to live with a hostile state on the border that wishes to destroy you. imagine if hamas took over texas

and lobbed rockets and kidnapped children. do you think we'd send in a diplomatic core. >> you have travelled to the region extensively. what concerned you about the mindset of the people on both sides right now? >> what concerns me most about the mind-set on both side. the poet says too long a sacrifice led too much. with each successive conflict i fare we are not getting closer. one, the only ray of beautiful light was that over almost 400 israelis went to the home of the palestinian child who was killed by some radical israelis, and expressed as thousands did in the street, their hope that there would be some kind of healing. my hope is on both sides those people who have lost, who suffer, who see the possibility of peace, that their voices will be louder than those that see

only revenge and hatred and destruction. >> rabbi, thank you for joining us live from los angeles. thank you so much. >> right now we want to take a step back and look at how the crisis escalated over the past month. it started on june 12th, when three young israeli settlers were kidnapped. al jazeera's john terrett joins us since then tension rose. >> good evening. after the news broke the israelis launched a massive search operation, hundreds were arrested and six killed. tensions rose higher once those three young israelis were found to be dead. it was june 30th when the bodies of three teenagers turned up in hebron, not far from where we were missing.

protests took place. on 2 july palestinian teenager mohammed abukhdair was kidnapped and found murdered. an autopsy report found that he had been burnt alive. a day later several suspects were arrested. israel says some confessed. then at the start of this week, in exchange for fire from the air, palestinians rockets struck israel on monday and israel launched its own air strikes, the military released this video of that air offensive in gaza. the attacks continued. israel's cabinet authorised calling up 40,000 reserve troops, raising the possibility of action on the ground. israel's self-defence minister suggested this would be a long-term drawn-out affair. >> thank you for being with us. >> what went wrong. why the u.s.-led peace negotiations between israel and the palestinians went nowhere.

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the white house push for renewed peace talks between israelis and palestinians - they fell apart in april. today the white house stuck to its hopes. it is not in the interest of either sides for the violence to

continue and escalate. so we are hopeful that each as israel exercises their rite to self-defence, that they will leave open a channel for diplomacy to prevail, or for a deescalation in the violence. >> president obama says peace is possible. and an op ed in the newspapers, the president wrote "peace is necessary because it's the only way to ensure a secure and democratic future for the jewish state of israel", reaching a peace agreement with the palestinians would turn the tide of international sentiment and sideline violent extremists bolstering the extremity. a crisis calls into question whether peace between israelis and palestinians can be achieved. >> it was three months ago when both sides assessed a peace deal. a lot has thenninged.

negotiations started one year ago, was meant to last nine months. israel agreed to release palestinians, they agreed not to join organizations. both fell short. ize rail's prime minister wanted palestinians to recognise israel as a yewish state. neither side could come to an agreement. let's discuss c with juan, al jazeera's middle eastern contributor. >> thank you for having me. >> if you put one reason as to why these negotiations, what do you tink it would be. >> the israelis are persisten on sending settlers into the palestinian west bank , essentially to take away the territory, and that's not acceptable to the palestinian side. as long as the israelis emwork on the course of sending squatters in to the department

land. there'll be a conflict. >> secretary carey mentioned the same theory. >> is it fair. did the palestinians not shoulder some of the blame here. ed. >> i don't think it's useful to talk about blame. in a violent situation, there's plenty of blame to go around, and you can get caught up in a guilt game. the question is what is the structure of thinks. the fact is if you take a place like gaza, 70% of the eem in gaza used to live in southern israel. they were chased out of their homes and off their property without compensation, and they are living in refugee examples and in the last seven years the israeli put a blockade on the civilians. not allowing them to export anything they make. that's not a recipe for peace.

israelis say they must take these mash tours. >> you could imagine a policy of interfering with imports of certain goods into gaza on security grounds. you can't imagine any security grounds tore preventing the people of gaza for exporting the things they make. >> moving forward, what needs to happen next. a lot turn to the united states hoping the u.s. could broker a ceasefire here. how much credibility do the united states have with the israelis and the palestinians. >> the united states doesn't have a strong position at the moment. you have a far right wink israeli government which is committed to settling the west banking. it's broken off the united states. members of the cabinet insulted him saying he had a messiah

complex, would he leave them alone. they made it clear they were not interested in the negotiations. the united states could do one think. they could stop vetoing the condemnations of actions illegal. if the united states would back off, israel would be sanctioned. >> it makes me wonder if the focus should be on other regional actors. turkey, saudi arabia, and put leverage on the two sides. >> all the countries you mentioned, i'm afraid to say are worse than the united states in having their own dogs in the fight. >> our contributor talking to us from michigan. >> thank you. >> back to you. >> thank you so much. >> we end on two images catching our eye. the frieze frames coming to us from the conflicts in the middle

east. where a surge took place. sirens blared through israel. warning of incoming rocket attacks. to keep safe people took cover, using them as makeshift bomb shelters. in the gaza strip , palestinians picked up the pieces. thank you so much for being with us. stay tuned. "america tonight" is coming up next. is what we do.

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