And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im Lynda Kinkade with cnns continuing coverage of israel at war. Its 3 00 a. M. In atlanta, 10 00 a. M. In gaza where the clock is ticking down to an anticipated Israeli Ground offensive. The Israeli Military says its bombardment of hamas targets will become even more relentless than its already been. Authorities in gaza say more than 4,300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks. Following the hamas Terror Attack in israel which killed over 1,400 people. Around 200 others are missing or taken hostage. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas at a moments notice. Heres what an Idf Spokesperson told cnn earlier. The timeline, you know, th
well as the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas. those meetings will take place separately. the white house had talked about the intention for jared kushner leading the way to try to continue this effort to continue these discussions focused on the peace process going forward. comes as a series of meetings, including rex tillerson, the secretary of state. the chief of staff, john kelly, and other individuals. jared kushner, obviously, there on behalf of the president. right now with the focus as it s described to focus not just on israeli/palestinian peace talks but combatting extremism in that region, as well. hallie? peter alexander, thank you for coming back with that reporting. catherine and betsy are still here on set. your reaction to what we just heard from peter. a lot of shall we say, eye rolling, in the diplomatic community about jared kushner has taken this role as sort of the point person for the white house s relationship with the middle east. there s some questions
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it, of course, cuts both ways. there are arabs who won t even recognize israel but one, analyst points out polls often show the majority of israelis and had palestinians want to get along and realize they have to continue living side by side but it only takes a few people, extremists on either side to do a huge amount of damage. that s what you ve seen here. wolf? brian todd with that disturbing report. brian, thanks very much. let s get some more now. martin indyk is the former u.s. special envoy to the israeli/palestinian peace talks. now vice president for foreign policy at the brookingss institution in washington. thanks for joining us. i know you ve been very much involved in the effort to revive the peace process. you stepped down last month as secretary kerry s special envoy. why did you give up? we haven t given up. by no means. secretary has made very clear
case because of your but suit of the israeli/palestinian peace talks. your reaction? you know, it s a very complicated, very difficult issue for a lot of people. it s so emotional, so deep historically and culturally that i do not get agitated, i just don t let those things get in the way. i believe and president obama believes that israel and the region and the palestinians will all be served by having peace. and what we re trying to do is move the process forward, not impose on anybody something, but move the process forward in a way that respects the needs of everybody. israel has fundamental security needs. we honor that. our security bond, our bond,