and relationship with israel, and the role we have played historically with respect to camp david, ozwell forth. in the end this has to be decided by the parties. the parties have to want this. and the parties have to make key decisions that can lead to the resolution. now coming back to the first part of the questions, right now, we're -- what we're trying to do is have a constructive conversation with everybody to create the climate, the atmosphere, the political space, if you will, to be able to go back to negotiations and resolve this politically. now clearly, in the beginning of an election and the middle of an election, it's very difficult and complicated, because we believe very deeply that nobody should somehow interfere in the course of the election, and we want to find the most constructive way of doing something that will not have unintended consequences, but also can stem the violence. it's a particularly sensitive moment, because we understand the frustrations of the palestinians. we understand the frustrations of -- you know, the -- the palestinian authority and president ab