If after a reasonable time passes it becomes clear that the PA (Palestinian Authority) is not willing to accept these principles, we will need to begin to act.
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It's right that in certain polls there has been a little downturn, but I am sure that no one doubts who will form the next government.
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This is a sign of absolute weakness by the prime minister of Israel ... if he will technically agree to it, the people of Israel will never approve it,
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We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 9 miles wide again at its center. We can't allow the Palestinians to be a couple miles from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport in the age of shoulder-fire missiles with the capacity to shoot down jumbo jets. But that doesn't mean we must remain in every corner of the West Bank or in Gaza, where fewer than 10,000 Jews, living next to 1.3 million Palestinians, have been protected by twice as many soldiers.
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Israel will not compromise with terrorism and will continue to fight it with full force. However, there is no intention of harming the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian population.
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