joining us now is robert o'brien, serving as u.n. delegate focussing on the conflict. the condoll appses from the palestinian authority, not hamas, over the deaths of three israeli teenagers, how far does that go in terms of soothing continuingses. >> i think it helps, and a few years ago there was a terrorist attack by a rogue jordanian soldier, and i remember king hussain, king abdullah's father coming to israel and apologising to the israeli families, going a long way towards bridging the gap between israel and jordan, helping to restrain some of the harsh feelings that resulted. i think it's helpful the big problem is hamas, you have a kidnapping and murder. hamas encouraged kidnapping so there is a significant minority among the palestinianians that welcomed this. i think that's going to create a problem going forward for the peace process. in part, hamas is part of the unity government, so it sounds like the palestinian authority, those that are not smath et, that will align themselves with qatar are squeezed by this. >> this was a step background. they were gapi