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With ourselves, all of our neighbors some day we hope. and that is what we ask. that is what we are demanding and that is what will bring an end to the current round of fighting. shannon: the president and israel s ambassador to the u.s. talking what about is at stake for israel here. bring in the panel to talk about it. steve hayes, senior writer for weekly standard. a.b. stoddard associate editor of the hill. and syndicated columnnist charles krauthammer. good to see you. this is heating up. what do you make of it? is it heating up. israel has not response but to respond forcefully as it has. when you have rockets we have seen diminishment in the number of rockets that hit israel after 2008. we then saw a ramping up. so i think they had no choice but to respond because of the immediate problems that that presents. but also, i think it s important is to send a message to the broader region. you have the governments now that are sympathetic in egypt and elsewhere. ....
Arm sale to israel approved by biden directing questions on the sale and the surrounding controversy to the state department. as you ve no doubt heard throughout the evening, peace and circumstances like this are tenuous at best. white house officials are obviously mindful that cease-fires during previous wars in gaza have proven to be incredibly fragile. in fact, truces lasting a few days were broken during the last significant round of fighting in 2014 with each side blaming the other for renewed rocket attacks and airstrikes. tonight, the peace appears to be holing. fingers crossed. shannon? shannon: absolutely for the people of that region. kevin, thank you very much. let s talk good news later on in the hour. reporter: you bet. shannon: the antiisrael rhetoric that you ve heard, is it heating up over the last couple of weeks spurring this rash of attacks on jewish people here in the u.s.? there s shocking new video from the streets of los angeles and other major cities tonig ....