worked. the one area he can claim relative success is in at least attempting to fix the palestinian house. i don t think it will be that easy to completely sever what is essentially a very minimal reconciliation agreement to begin with. but it does seem clear that i think that was at least one of the goals of israel in embarking on this path from the beginning, from the best bank incursions and the campaign that was carried out over the previous three weeks as well as the air campaign against gaza. i think one of the major goals was to disrupture if not completely destroy the palestinian reconciliation agreement. speaking shortly with the u.s. ambassador to israel. what do the palestinians want the obama administration to do right now? i think the most urgent priority for palestinians,
two, we want to come up out of this conflict with hamas understanding that it cannot target israeli civilians with these rockets, that it cannot continue to do that with impunity. you would not want to israel withdrew from gaza in 2005. are you planning on reoccupying gaza once again? i cannot go into what we might or might not do. our strategic goal is defensive. it is to protect our people from these deadly rockets. thank you so much for coming on. my pleasure. spokesman for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. already firing hundreds of rockets into israel. they may have 10,000 rockets or missiles. we re taking a closer look at the arsenal they have. with the peace process in tatters, is there anything the united states can do about this deadly crisis? i ll ask the u.s. ambassador to israel, dan shapiro here with me
i would say they basically have reached their capacity as far as being able to arm themselves. at the end of the day, whatever hamas has in terms of arms is minut minuscule in comparison to the israeli force that israel brings to bear. walk us through what would happen in gaza, in the broader palestinian community, in the arab and muslim world, if israel were, as i suspect they will, move armored tanks, personnel carriers into gaza in the next day or two? you re likely to see public opinion be sort of you ll see a lot of outrage in the arab street. perhaps not as much as in the past given the many other crises happening in the region. major powers in the region are distracted with their own internal problems as well as
15 seconds, that s how much time you have to run for your life. is there anything going on around this region at the u.n. security council, elsewhere, egypt, cutter, anyone actively seeking a cease fire? extremists groups like isis in iraq, like hezbollah in lebanon. unfortunately, very extreme, very dangerous groups of fanatics that have no quams whatsoever about targeting innocent people, about kidnapping and murder. it s clear that the whole region, the moderates have to unite against these extremists. you know a lot of civilians, including young kids, are getting killed in gaza by these
israeli ground invasion could happen soon. i personally saw a column of israeli tanks currently heading for gaza earlier today. our correspondents are standing by. they re here in the region. they re back in washington covering the breaking story. first, more of the latest developments and what i ve seen since landing here. this is daily life here in israel right now. the sirens and the fear. civilians running for cover from incoming rocket fire. several rockets get through israel s iron dome defense system, landing and exploding near better sheva, one of the largest cities, not far from gaza. these are some of the first images i saw, a sign pointing to a bomb shelter, and troy defense missiles at the ready. this was the view from right here. a smoke trail over the city after four rockets streaked