. >> do you accept in the last ate or nine days 30 palestinians have been killed and igraz raillies. there has been blood shed opbn h both sides. >> this whole operation wasn't to take more territory. it wasn't to take regimes. our operation was purely defensive. our goal was to protect our people so that the population of southern israel would not have to live in daily fear. i hope, i hope, that these understandings rich with egypt and with the united states as well and we should thank the american government will hold and that we get peace. that is good for israel and also good for gaza. >> thank you very much for joining me. >> my pleasure, sir. >> he joins me now, welcome to you, sir. how much of a concern is it to you, that hamas had nothing to do with this cease fire. >> palestine and the question is not the issue. gaza is part of the palestinian people. and the question of leadership, it is authentic. people elected leader but if the americans try to divert the attention of the central issue of how to go about controlling one party or another, this would be a great mistake to