there is no solution to this. that is the tragedy for the hundreds of palestinians who have been killed and thousands wounded and for the israelis killed and wounded and terrorized by hamas rockets. there is no solution. there is only an outcome. we have seen this before in 2009 and 2012. the israelis can damage and degrade its high trajectory weapons capacity. unless israelis occupy gaza and kill its leaders and dismantle the infrastructure and turn gaza over to somebody who is prepared to take it, we are just biting our time frankly until the next round. >> is there any solution that can come from washington? >> you know, we have a lot of influence with the israelis. we have been extremely supportive. i expect the president communicated and so has secretary kerry.