was the fact that the senior adviser of romney said that if israel has to take action on its own to prevent iran from being able to bomb, to make a bomb, to enrich the necessary nuclear capables, they would need for a bomb, that the u.s. would respect that decision. try to make it very clear that he stands side by side with israel and the battles on this region. alex? peter, all of this, can t be lost, happening in the political campaign and heetding up and this is an effort to help woo jewish voters on behalf of mitt romney but back here on friday the president extended military cooperation with israel. when s the reaction there? reporter: well, it s interesting because when you ask the israeli people, for one, they don t know much about mitt romney and familiar with barack obama. arriving here before he was president, he was a name that was celebrated but there s been some skepticism and the perception perhaps of president