when the islamist group hamas forced the secular fattah out of gaza. israel, the palestinian authority s reluctant partner in the current round of peace talks led by the united states, was not impressed with the move. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on palestinian authority mahmoud hamas to work with them or with israel. you can have one or the other. i hope he chooses peace. so far he hasn t done so. reporter: with that set to run out at the end of the month and little to go, palestinians may go inwards. becky anderson, cnn, abu dhabi. that announcement was no more welcome in washington than it was in israel. the state department said it will make it even more difficult to keep the troubled peace
we have peter beinart, author of the crisis of zionism. and author legala gentlemjabril. and çco-co-director of the nonprofit afghan women s mission. and contributor to the daily beast quorum. 2012 has been a public relations disaster for the american military in afghanistan. a video of u.s. soldiers urinating on afghan corpses korans by military personnel. and a few weeks later, more than half of americans surveyed still thought things were going fairly well in afghanistan. today only 38% of americans feel that way. the pew poll was conducted a month after staff sergeant robert bales was thought to have shot and killed 17 afghan civilians. and coordinated attacks on american and german embassies and the l.a. times published photos of u.s. militaries from 2010 posing with body parts of afghan fighters. that behavior that was depicted in those photos absolutely violates both our regulations and more importantly, our core values. this is war, and i know that war is ugly
beast quorum. 2012 has been a public relations disaster for the american military in afghanistan. a video of u.s. soldiers urinating on afghan corpses and in february, the burning of korans by military personnel. and a few weeks later, more than half of americans surveyed still thought things were going fairly well in afghanistan. today only 38% of americans feel that way. the pew poll was conducted a month after staff sergeant robert bales was thought to have shot and killed 17 afghan civilians. and coordinated attacks on american and german embassies and the l.a. times published photos of u.s. militaries from 2010 posing with body parts of afghan fighters. that behavior that was depicted in those photos absolutely violates both our regulations and more importantly, our core values. this is war, and i know that war is ugly. and it s violent. and i know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make some very foolish decisions. i m not excusing that. that sings
shut down due to a tractor trailer accident but it s been cleared. and if you ride through montgomery the traffic light issues continue there. we re live on when the problem could be fixed. plus a revealing letter from the d.c. sniper released days before he s set to be put to death and now his legal team is offering new evidence to try to save his life. we ll take a closer look. and also ahead, your kids holiday has easy to swallow prices. we ll show you where to cash in this morning. fox 5 morning news starts right now. well let s hit the road in montgomery county and see how long it takes to get anywhere. big problems yesterday and they continue this morning. still hitting some snags out there. we ll tell you how to get around the situation with the traffic signals once again. thanks for being with us on this morning, it s november 5th and i m steve chenevey. and i m allison seymour. and we re used to the chilly starts now. it s warmer than yesterday at this po