with ourselves, all of our neighbors some day we hope. and that is what we ask. that is what we are demanding and that is what will bring an end to the current round of fighting. >> shannon: the president and israel's ambassador to the u.s. talking what about is at stake for israel here. bring in the panel to talk about it. steve hayes, senior writer for "weekly standard." a.b. stoddard associate editor of the hill. and syndicated columnnist charles krauthammer. good to see you. this is heating up. what do you make of it? >> is it heating up. israel has not response but to respond forcefully as it has. when you have rockets we have seen diminishment in the number of rockets that hit israel after 2008. we then saw a ramping up. so i think they had no choice but to respond because of the immediate problems that that presents. but also, i think it's important is to send a message to the broader region. you have the governments now that are sympathetic in egypt and elsewhere.