Dr. Zogby Discusses the Crisis in Gaza on CNN's Larry King Live - Part I

"KING: Joining us now in Miami, Alan Dershowitz, professor of Harvard Law School, best-selling author and his latest book is "The Case Against Israel's Enemies." In Washington, James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute.

Now we all know what's been going on. We've heard the previous segment.

Alan, why is Israel right?

ALAN DERSHOWITZ, AUTHOR, THE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL'S ENEMIES: Well, Israel is right because no democracy is required to play Russian roulette with the lives of its children. 6,000 missiles have hit in Israel. They've hit kindergartens, they've hit schools.

Fortunately, Israel has built shelters and they've had only a few dozen casualties. But it's only a matter of time until a rocket hits a kindergarten within 40 or 50 kids in it.

Proportionality doesn't require a nation to sit back and accept these kinds of missiles. The fact that civilians are being killed is completely the fault of Hamas for hiding behind civilians.

They are committing a triple war crime by targeting Israeli civilians, by using their own civilians as human shields, and by...

KING: James?

DERSHOWITZ: ... pulling for the destruction of a member state of the United Nations. "