The very first meeting will take place on Sunday morning at Ares. They want to resolve the problem of Israeli s deployment from Hebron, and they want to achieve this as soon as possible. I might point out that these talks will be occurring continuously, and these will be the first continuous peace talks that have been held since the Prime Minister assumed office with the Palestinians. Finally, the leaders also understand they need to make arrangements between their security forces so that cooperation is more reliable and the situation on the ground is stabilized. They are prepared to do what is needed to achieve that as well.
Every step is hard.
It requires both sides to make difficult decisions, and to keep their eyes fixed on the prize of lasting peace. But the progress they have made has proved to the world that progress is possible and peace is possible. Both sides know there is no turning back, just as there can be no peace without security, there can be no true security without peace. But I believe there is a higher level of understanding and a higher level of trust that existed before these talks began. The agreement that was made here to immediately restart these negotiations and to do them on a full-time basis until agreement is reached on the critical issues, including Hebron, is encouraging to me, and I think that it comes out of the different feeling that they have about dealing with one another, and I hope it does, and also a sense of urgency, given what has happened in the region in the last several days.