hamas and hezbollah before take on iran. in jordan, the saadies and other gulf arabs which traditionally has helped funds jordan have cut back on the funding. that s because the threat to the kingdom is different. in the past the threat from radical extremists of any kind were unwelcome. certainly the saudis didn t want a true democracy in jordan. but now the threats from muslim brotherhood affiliated groups are more attractive to the saadies. the saudis see jordan s king as to westernized and too liberal. i have seen the saudis at work in many, many countries. their goal is always to purify islam. the key to understanding the saudi role is they don t care about the well favor muslims. they care about the purity of islam. so you have this conflict with
reporter: this conflict in the gaza strip needs to be seen in a larger concept of israel s concerns about iran. our problem is not our border with gaza but other countries borders with today toda bord. the rockets being fired at us come directly from iran. hamas terrorists have trained with the iranians. there is a strong reporter: iw years with the help of iran hamas has been stockpiling these rockets with a longer range. israel has long known that if it participates in a strike on iran s nuclear program that iran will use hamas and hezbollah to fire rockets into israel.
concern about iran. here s the ambassador to the united states, michael orton. our problem is not our border with gaza, but other countries boards with gaza borders with gaza and arms that come from iran through sudan. among the rockets being fired at us are those which come directly from iran. we know that hamas terrorists have trained with the iranians. there s a strong connection. reporter: in the few years, jenna, hamas has been stockpiling these rockets with the help of iran. hamas and hezbollah to the north in lebanon have become proxy groups for iran. israel has long known that if it participates in a strike on iran s nuclear program, that iran will use hamas and hezbollah to fire rockets into israel. in a way israeli officials believe they will have to deal with the rockets from gaza sooner or later, and it s likely they will send in ground forces so these longer-range rockets will not be able to strike
in the past hamas has faked casualty pictures as well in the 2006 war and hezbollah was faking casualty pictures right and left. the problem for israel is how do you cope with that? how do you hit a rocket launcher or enemy headquarters or weapons catch that s under a school. that s in a private apartment building in the israelis go to great lengths to spare civilian casualties. but hamas gain is civilian casualties are their real ammunition. megyn: we saw israeli children running for their lives, too. whatever you believe, you don t want to see children running for their lives or having lost them on camera. how do you needate a holy war. how do you talk sense into