a well-founded fear of persecution in their country. it is a lengthy process that includes screenings, detention and court hearing but to be granted asylum here in the u.s. is really a gamble, many will instead face detention and a long hearing process and then possibly deportation. arthel, thank you. arthel: anita vogul, thanks, anita. eric: now we have fox news alert, violent demonstrations continue along the gaza border with israel now for fourth week, israeli officials were blaming terrorist groups hamas for staging the unrest, european union urging the israeli military to refrain from using lethal force, palestinians were killed yesterday, reports say that the young man s family asked not to participate in israeli-launched pamphlet trying to tell people to stay away. david, what do we know about the
a little democracy s attempt to the survive in the middle of the most difficult problematic neighborhood on face of earth, we are prepared for everything and if needed to defend ourself also in the north and to strike back there. the death readiness is very strong and clear. the idf, israel defense forces would be ready for a two-front war if necessary? it s happened in the past. i hope it won t happen now. we hope sooner or later to end this round of violence in gaza. but we will defend ourself come what may. how much of hamas and its rockets, missiles, its military is funded or directly supplied by iran? a lot. most of the missiles. not all but most of the rockets that are 2,000 can the ros just to remind nut last two weeks that were launched from gaza into israel in our cities and towns are iranian made rockets. some are produced in gaza
in gaza, not a lot of upbeat talk about any possibility of the fighting coming to an end in the immediate future. wolf in. yeah, i ve chicagoed with my sources in the prime minister s office here in jerusalem. and they re suggesting that these reports may be very, very premature as well. the israeli military operation clearly continuing. and on the ground where are you in gaza, ben, there seems to be no end in sight at least right now. right? no, and at this very moment, outside our window, it is quiet. however, there have been a series of strikes in gaza city this evening on a building just a few hundred meters up the street from us where 11 people were killed, mo are more than 40 people wounded. we ve seen fairly intense bombardment in the northern and southern parts of the neighborhood. so no real letup. death toll well over 550 at this
there s simply they say if we don t get satisfaction on those demands, we re not signing onto a cease-fire they re saying. ben wedeman in gaza. thanks very much. joining us now is the spokesman for the israel defense forces, lieutenant colonel peter learner. thank you for joining us. is it true there s a humanitarian cease-fire that will go into effect 6:00 a.m. local time tomorrow morning until 3:00 p.m. is what we were told that hamas has signed off on that. one thing that was repetitive in ben s report is rumors. we get an order and we have a chain of command and it s very clear. we haven t gotten that order at this time. we have proven time and time again when it has come down we held our fire, we cease fire, we respect that. hamas has accepted and israel
you bet. israel s minister of intelligence, thanks very much for joining us. let s talk about the current situation. it s an ugly situation. you ve said and correct me if i m wrong, you ve said israel will take whatever is necessary to bring that security to israel including the possibility of retaking all of gaza. what does that mean? nobody s enthusiastic. actually we didn t have any interest in this round of violence. it started two weeks ago out of the hamas begins barrages of rockets into our territory. one week ago, there was an egyptian call for a cease-fire. hamas rejected and continued to launch rockets in our cities. we have the right and duty to the defend ourselves. including reoccupying the gaza strip? you know what that means? i hope we will be able to avoid it. but if hamas will force us. if they will continue to launch rockets against tel aviv and