The government which I head will not conduct negotiations on a peace agreement under fire, or under terror,
We will conduct negotiations with the Palestinians in order to achieve political settlements, but not under the pressure of terrorism and violence, ... We're prepared to ease the suffering of the Palestinians, but we cannot do this under the pressure of terrorism and violence.
We must conduct elections so that 2006 will not be a lost year regarding the political and economic process, and the passing of the budget, ... in this complicated situation that we are in.
The goal of the operation that we are conducting now is to uproot the terrorist activity within the areas that are under control of the Palestinian Authority,