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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to Jerusalem, Ramallah and
Cairo today as the Israeli attack on Gaza enters it seventh day. U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is also in the region after calling for an
immediate ceasefire and warning an Israeli ground operation in Gaza would be a
"dangerous escalation" that must be avoided. As ceasefire talks continue in
Cairo, Hamas has set two conditions for accepting a cease-fire: lifting the
military blockade on the Gaza Strip and international assurances that Israel
would stop assassinations and other military measures. We speak with Phyllis
Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies based in Washington, D.C....."
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