prospects for an opening of gaza so that they do not feel walled off and incapable of pursuing basic prosperi prosperity. i think there are formulas that are available, but they're going to require risks on the part of political leaders. they're going to require a slow rebuilding of trust, which is obviously very difficult in the aftermath of the kind of violence that we've seen. so i don't think we get there right away, but the u.s. goal right now would be to make sure that the cease-fire holds, that gaza can be -- can begin the process of rebuilding and that some measures are taken so that the people of gaza feel some sense of hope and to the people of israel feel confident that they're not going to have a repeat of the kind of rocket launchers that we've seen over the last several weeks. and secretary kerry has been in consistent contact with all the parties involved. we expect we will continue to be trying to work as diligently as we can to move the process forward. it is also going to need to involve the palestinian leadership in the west bank. i have no sympathy for hamas. i have great

question, what does that do for the prospects of a place living next door to a mayneighbor that prosperi prospering? it's the startup capital of the world. is it in the interest of israel to have on its doorsteps millions of impoverished people without a future? what are the prospects of peace for israel with a neighbor being kept behind a fence and in that position? and when one starts to unpack that, the issue of the notion of being a good neighbor and the fact that peace is likely to take hold between good neighbors, then you start to see the prospects for gaza in a slightly different light because there's no doubt in my mind that the future of these two people are inextricably linked, and that is a reality which at some stage has to take hold. >> and in the kind of situation you're talking about, that level of unemployment and that level of impoverishment, is that of help to the sort of extremism factions in gaza? i don't mean here, hamas, but those that are further beyond them? is that helpful to those who try to radicalize palestinians? >> well, if you look at the history of islami