the moratorium has expired that that will create a climate in which everybody feels a greater -pinvestment in success. not every action by one party or the other is taken as a reason for not engaging in talks. there ends up being more room created by more trust. i want to make sure that we sustain that over the next several weeks. i do think that there are a range of confidence-building measures that can be taken by all sides that improve the prospects of a successful negotiation. i have discussed some of those probably with the prime minister. when president abbas was here, i discussed some of the same issues with him. i think it is important that the palestinians not look for excuses for incitement. that they are not engaging in provocative level and that the international level they are maintaining a constructive tone as opposed to looking for opportunities to embarrass israel at the same time, i have said to the prime minister that he does not mind me sharing publicly that workiig with the palestinians we have done significant work. us being able to widen the scope of their responsibil