What I think we all agreed on in our earlier meetings was that once calm is restored, once there is economic activity again, once security coordination has begun again, he is committed to negotiation. He understands that, at the end of the day, negotiation is the answer to find a peace that will satisfy all the peoples of the region, and allow them to live in harmony with their neighbors. I would like to say once more that we are all committed to peace, a peace that, in my point of view, is within reach when there will be security. I emphasize one more time that I will conduct negotiations with the Palestinians only when things here are quiet with no more hostile acts. This is the stance of the government that I will head and this is the right way to reach peace.
Peace needs to provide security for the citizens of Israel.
This is basic. There are channels of communication. You are referring of course to the bombing a week ago Friday. The reaction was more than I expected, especially since the action we took was part of a routine series of responses that we have pre-planned whenever our pilots are put in danger over the No Fly Zone. In this particular instance our action was a little more aggressive and a little larger a package than usual, and it got more attention than usual, and got spread around the world.