It Is My Hope That I Could

The Government Chose To Give Peace A Chance. The Government Chose To Do Something To Achieve It.

We Are Committed To Free Access And Free Practice, To The Members Of The Other Two Religions, To The Holy Shrines In Jerusalem. To The Muslims, To The Christians.

We, The Soldiers Who Have Returned From Battle Stained With Blood, We Who Have Seen Our Relatives And Friends Killed Before Our Eyes, We Who Have Attended Their Funerals And Cannot Look Into The Eyes Of Their Parents, We Who Have Come From A Land Where Parents Bury Their Children, We Who Have Fought Against You, The Palestinians We Say To You Today In A Loud And Clear Voice: Enough Of Blood And Tears. Enough.

What I, As The Prime Minister Of The Present Government Of Israel, Started To Do, Is First To Tackle The Longest Part Of The Arab-israeli Conflict, The Palestinian-israeli Conflict.

We Are Ready To Compromise. We Are Ready To Take Calculated Risks, But For A Peace That Will Give Us Security.