¢ This will take time. There will be ups and downs. The Palestinians are not an easy interlocutor. No one knows that better than I do..
e This might require long periods of interim agreements and even calculated unilateral steps that are coordinated with the US and the Quartet.
¢ Itis possible that within the context of a regional agreement, the Palestinian State, once established, could be integrated into a structure of a closer cooperation that could include Jordan, Israel and perhaps another regional player.
¢ But to advance the chance of a regional agreement after the elections in Israel — the Palestinian issue and the two-state solution must be at the top of the agenda.
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