>> DON MILLIS, THANKS VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
>> JUST OVER A MONTH SINCE THE HAMAS TERRORIST ATTACK ON
ISRAEL, GOVERNOR TONY EVERS CALLED ON CONGRESS TO INCREASE
FUNDS FOR SECURING PLACES OF WORSHIP AS THREATS SURGE AGAINST
JEWISH AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. AS "HERE & NOW" REPORTER ADITI
DEBNATH TELLS US, THE WAR IS PERSONAL AND PAINFUL FOR THE
WISCONSIN FAMILIES YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM.
>> EVERY DAY THEY'RE RUNNING INTO THE BOMB SHELTER.
>> THEY SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE, "WE'RE STILL ALIVE," AND THAT'S
PRETTY MUCH -- THAT'S ALL WE CAN ASK FOR AT THIS POINT.
>> THESE WISCONSIN FAMILIES HAVE CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO THE WAR.
LIKE MIRYAM ROSENZWEIG, WHOSE PREGNANT SISTER AND NIECE LIVE
IN ISRAEL. I ASKED HER, HOW IS THE
2-YEAR-OLD DOING IS THIS SHE HEARS A SIREN.
SHE KNOWS THEY'RE GOING INTO THE BOMB SHELTER.
>> YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE NEWS EVERY DAY.
HASHIM ZAIBAK FOLLOWS THE NEWS EVERY DAY.
AS A NATIVE OF GAZA, HOME TO HAMAS, HE HAS TO MAKE SURE HIS
SISTER AND OTHER FAMILY ARE THERE ALIVE.
ZAIBAK OWNS HYATT PHARMACY IN MILWAUKEE AND FEARING
ANTIPALESTINIAN BACKLASH, HIRED A SECURITY GUARD TO PATROL HIS
BUSINESS. FOR ROSEN DWEEG, WHERE THE OF
THE MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION, THE VITRIOL CUTS BOTH WAYS.
>> THE HATE THAT HAS BEEN SPEWED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS TOWARDS
JEWISH COMMUNITY, BOTH AS A COMMUNITY, INDIVIDUAL, IN OUR
SCHOOLS, ON OUR CAMPUSES HAS BEEN HORRIFIC TO WATCH.
AND THE SILENCE OF THE CONDEMNATION OF IT IS DEAFENING.
>> HAMAS RAINED DOWN HORROR ON ISRAELIS BUT STILL, ROSENZWEIG
SAYS SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS IS CLEAR AMONG MEMBERS
OF HER ORGANIZATION. >> OVERWHELMINGLY, THEY BELIEVE
IN THE RIGHT OF PALESTINIAN SELF-DETERMINATION. WHAT PEO
PLE ARE MISUNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FIGHT ISN'T WITH THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THIS WAR IS ABOUT NEUTRALIZING
HAMAS. >> BUT IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN
THAT, SAYS UW-MADISON PROFESSOR SAMER.
>> IT'S AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS THAT IS GENOCIDAL.
>> HE IS A GEOPOLITICAL EXPERT OF THE REGION AND A NATIVE OF
PALESTINE. >> AND IT'S ABOUT ETHNIC
CLEANSING AND TEASE ABOUT STEALING LAND.
>> HE SAYS MASS MEDIA PERPETUATES THE IDEA THAT THE
CONFLICT IS ABOUT RELIGION INSTEAD OF ABOUT THE LAND, AND
THAT IDEA HAS DANGEROUS ECHOES IN HISTORY.
>> THE MEDIA SOMETIMES PORTRAYS PALESTINIANS AS THE BAD GUYS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO THE JEWS BEFORE WORLD WAR II.
>> ZAIBAK IS NOT THE FIRST ONE TO LIKEN THE SITUATION TO WORLD
WAR II. AS SHE VISITS THE HISTORY
MUSEUM, EID UP-T IDIE PUMP SAYSE CONFLICT IS NOT ABOUT RELIGIOUS
DIFFERENCES. AS A HOLOCAUST S URVIVOR, SHE
REMEMBERS HER FAMILY HIDING IN UZBEKISTAN. >> IT WAS A MUSL
IM COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE PROTECTIVE OF THE
JEWS. I HAD A MUSLIM MIDWIFE DELIVERED
ME. WHEN I WAS SICK, A MUSLIM
MIDWIFE TOOK CARE OF ME, AND THEY PROTECTED MY PARENTS.
>> STILL, THE HAMAS CHARTER, WRITTEN IN 1988, CALLS FOR THE
END OF ISRAEL AND ITS JEWISH POPULATION. PUMP COMPARES TH
E TERROR OF HAMAS TO NAZI GERMANY.
>> JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOLOCAUST.
>> Reporter: HAMAS IS DESIGNATED BY THE U.S. AS A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNS OVER THE GAZA STRIP.
INNOCENT PALESTINIANS ARE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.
>> IS HAMAS PALESTINE? NO.
BUT IS THE P.N.A., THE PALESTINE AUTHORITY PALESTINE?
NO. >> IT'S A COMPLEX HISTOR Y
INFLAMED BY CURRENT BLOODSHED, AND ACCORDING TO MIRYAM
ROSENZWEIG, SOCIAL MEDIA CAN DISTORT THE TRUTH.
>> PEOPLE SHOULD STOP GETTING THEIR INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL
MEDIA. IF YOU COULD FIT IN A TEXT OR
POST, IT'S NOT A THOUGHTFUL ARGUMENT. >> BUT ZAIBAK SAYS
HE THINKS SOCIAL MEDIA CAN HELP KEEP
PEOPLE UP TO DATE AND IT'S OFTEN YOUNGER PEOPLE DISSEMINATING IT.
>> I FEEL IT'S A DIFFERENT GENERATION. I FEEL THAT THE
GEN Zers HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE VERY
EMPATHETIC WITH THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE.
>> EDUCATION IS THE KEY. LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ACCEPT
PEOPLE'S DIFFERENCES. >> THROUGH IT ALL, HASHIM ZAIBAK
AWAITS A DAILY TEXT MESSAGE FROM HIS FAMILY TELLING HIM THEY'RE
ALIVE AND MIRYAM
'S NIECE RUNS TO 'S NIECE RUNS TO