>>> WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS 
TODAY.
MY NEXT GUEST HAS A UNIQUE VIEW.
SHE HAS A JU JEWISH MOTHER AND A
PALESTINIAN FATHER.
SHE WROTE A BOOK INSPIRED BY HER
PARENTS IN WHAT SHE CALLS HER 
BRAVE ATTEMPT TO REWRITE TRIBAL 
HATRED.
THE BOOK IS CALLED ISMAIL'S 
ORANGES.
I'M GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US 
TODAY.
I'M SORRY WE HAVE SUCH A LITTLE 
BIT OF TIME.
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS FOR 
YOU.
THIS EXCITING WORK YOU'RE ABOUT 
TO OFFER TO THE WORLD.
YOU FIND YOURSELF WITH A VERY 
HEAVY HEART AS YOU WATCH THE 
VIOLENCE.
>> I THOUGHT FOR YEARS I WOULD 
BE CELEBRATING THIS WEEK.
AS IT TURNS OUT, GRIEF IS TOO 
SMALL A WORD REALLY FOR THE 
SUFFERING THAT'S HAPPENING THERE
NOW.
FOR THE TRAGEDY THAT'S 
UNFOLDING.
IT'S BEEN A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE 
WEEK TO PUT OUT A WORK THAT WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE CELEBRATING TWO 
HERITAGES IN THEIR SIMILARITIES.
>> YOU WROTE A REALLY MOVING 
PIECE IN "NEWSWEEK."
YOU WRITE, HAMAS WILL NEVER 
BRING ISRAEL TO ITS KNEES OR 
SHAME ITS ALLIES WITH ROCKETS.
CLAIRE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM 
HERE?
IS THE WHOLE THING FUTILE?
>> WELL, CONFLICTS DO EVENTUALLY
ALL END.
THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK IS 
HOW MANY CHILDREN AND HOW MANY 
PEOPLE DO WE WANT TO SEE KILLED?
HOW MANY HATREDS DO WE WANT TO 
START BEFORE WE STOP IT?
IT'S A CHOICE THAT BOTH SIDES 
NEED TO MAKE FRANKLY.
AND I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE 
REALLY WANT IT TO BE MADE.
90% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING
IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK AND 
AROUND THE WORLD DO NOT WANT TO 
SEE THIS HAPPENING.
>> YOU SAY THAT YOUR PARENTS 
ULTIMATELY WERE NOT ABLE TO STAY
MARRIED, YET I KNOW THAT YOU ARE
NOW A MOTHER OF A CHILD WHO ALSO
SHARES JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN 
BLOOD.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
AND HOW YOU RAISE YOUR DAUGHTER 
TO SEE THE WORLD.
>> WELL, I'D LIKE TO RAISE HER 
TO KNOW THE BEAUTY OF BOTH 
CULTURES.
IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THAT WHEN 
THEY SEEM INTENT ON TEARING EACH
OTHER APART.
I LOOK AT MY DAUGHTER AND I 
WONDER HOW MANY CHILDREN NOW ARE
BEING TAUGHT THAT IT IS 
INEVITABLE THAT JEWS AND 
PALESTINIANS MUST HATE EACH 
OTHER, THAT THEY MUST BE 
ENEMIES, AND THE POLITICIANS WHO
ARE LEADING THEM ARE GIVING THEM
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT 
MUST BE SO AND THEY'RE SUFFERING
UNDER THE FEAR THEY'RE LIVING 
UNDER.
PARTICULARLY ON THE PALESTINIAN 
SIDE WHERE CONDITIONS ARE DIRE 
IN GAZA.
SO I SEE MY CHILD IN THIS.
THIS IS PART OF THE REASON I 
WANTED TO WRITE THE BOOK,
