We can just hope at a certain time he will be back, ... I would not exaggerate the immediate consequences of such a step, but of course we regret it. |
We cannot negate a Palestinian's right to dream about his Palestine, |
We do not believe in rewarding violence, and an international presence will become a reward to the Palestinians' violence, ... We do not believe such a presence will reduce violence, and in a way might contribute to more excuses for the Palestinian side to complicate things. |
we do not intend to drag our feet for another three years. |
We do not lose hope, |
We found in Egypt a listening ear to the complexity of the problem, ... I clarified that we are ready to do what is necessary to achieve an agreement, but we have important interests, and an agreement will only be achieved if the other side demonstrates openness, seriousness and responsibility. |
We fully realize that on the way to peace we will have to make compromises, but it is too early to define what kind of compromises, ... We will define it once we realize what President Assad is ready to give. |
We have a democratic, modern, advanced society which must integrate with the most progressive societies in the world, ... Otherwise, we will have a society divided into ghettos. |
We have achieved our goals at this summit, ... We have a major concentrated effort to put an end of the violence of the last two weeks. |
We have arrived at a decisive moment, ... There is a great opportunity, a big risk, and the time is short. It [reaching an agreement] does not have to be a matter of days, but this can't continue for months. |
We have so many other things to do, rather than to be deployed along the border for another generation or two, ... It's time to make a decision. I feel the opportunity is clear also to President Assad. |
We have to act in such a way that everyone comes out a winner. |
We highly respect (Syrian) President (Hafez) Assad and if he needs some time before the negotiation is resumed we will respect it and we will wait. We will be there when they are ready. |
We hold Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority responsible for the initiation of this wave of violence, ... And we believe that the Palestinian leadership has to make up its mind whether they intend to reach a peace agreement which we believe is within our reach, or alternatively, to lead the whole region into a deadlock that might result in deterioration and maybe even confrontation. |
We looked for an equilibrium point that would provide a peace for generations, ... but unfortunately Arafat somehow hesitated to take the historic decisions. |