but, did call it a sacred mission to do so. these new comments are coming, as we are seeing a whole lot unfold on the ground there as well, over the last 24 hours or so, including residents fleeing parts of southern gaza today, under a warning to do so from israel, as the idf strikes on the southern city of in announces what they call expanding operational activities. we re going to have a live report from jay gray in tel aviv, in just a moment. we want to start first though, with ambassador dennis roth, counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. msnbc foreign affairs analyst, he was the on the peace process in the clinton administration, and was instrumental in assisting israelis and palestinians to reach an interim agreement in 1995. ambassador, thanks for joining us on, this inflation. i have wanted to speak to you, ambassador, throughout this entire conflict. i m so happy that you are joining us this hour. i want to talk first about this new op-ed out