. >> i'm going to bring in douglas herbert, our international affairs editor, who would like to ask you a question. >> i believe it was in 2009 two incursions-- ago. you said you were no longer able to smile. here we are five years later back in the same situation. are you able to smile now as you defend israeli policies? has your stance changed? i think you took time off to work for a pack of company. you said that was morally easier. >> i don't know what you're talking about. i don't know where this is coming from. what you're saying is untrue. i have consistently worked for the israeli prime minister. i never said those quotes a trip did to me. i don't know the source. >> i could bring them back for you. you said at the time the defending israeli policies, you're having a difficult time doing it. >> that is not correct. i never said such words. i deny your sourcing. it is baseless. it is not true. andsimilarity between now 2009 is that israel pulled out of the gaza strip. israel took down our settlements. we redeployed behind the 19 city seven borders. one we pulled out, we were hopi