as president shimon peres said stilly times, there is light at the end of the tunnel. there's just no tunnel. [laughter] ms. mogherini: can our number sense ofity, the great humor of the jewish people -- we say the words. our number one priority must be to make it if he points -- and if you point. we need to build a tunnel that will lead us to the end of this conflict. this is the aim of the reports by the middle east quartet which will be presented soon. we will describe very frankly as toends do the obstacles talks and the policies that affect the viability of a tooth date solution. --two-state solution. we hope it will be a contribution to re-create the conditions of the two sides to get back to meaningful onetiations, with at least minimal degree of -- with united support of the key regional players starting with the air countries, and with the key international players, ultimately, real change is in the hands of the israelis and palestinians . this should be very clear to everyone. but at the same time, war and peace in the holy places do not sit concerned the isr

as president shimon peres said stilly times, there is light at the end of the tunnel. just no tunnel. [laughter] ms. mogherini: can our number sense ofity, the great humor of the jewish people -- we say the words. our number one priority must be to make it if he points -- and if you point. we need to build a tunnel that will lead us to the end of this conflict. this is the aim of the reports by the middle east quartet which will be presented soon. we will describe very frankly as toends do the obstacles talks and the policies that affect the viability of a tooth date solution. --two-state solution. we hope it will be a contribution to re-create the conditions of the two sides to get back to meaningful onetiations, with at least minimal degree of -- with united support of the key regional players starting with the air countries, and with the key international players, ultimately, real change is in the hands of the israelis and palestinians . this should be very clear to everyone. but at the same time, war and peace in the holy places do not sit concerned the israelis an

as president shimon peres said so many times, there is still light at the end of the tunnel.re is just no tunnel. and our number one priority, the great sense of humor of the jewish people, would save the world. our number one priority must be to create a new entry point for serious talks as we also prevent things from getting worse. we need to build the tunnel that will lead us to the end of this conflict. this is exactly the aim of the report by the middle east -- which will be presented soon. we will describe very frankly as friends do the obstacles to direct talks and the policies that threaten the viability of a two-state solution. we believe our recommendations will be hopefully a contribution to re-create the conditions for the two sides to get back to meaningful negotiations with at least some minimal degree of confidence. with the united support of the key regional players starting with the arab countries and key players backing it. ultimately real change is in the hands of the israelis and palestinians. peace cannot be imposed upon them. this should be clear, very c

as my cherished friend and israel's national treasurer shimon peres says, "there are two things in lifeachieve unless you close your eyes a little bit -- love and peace." so, we will continue as the psal m says to "speak peace and pursue it." at the same time, we will stand up not just for israel's security, but for israel's very legitimacy. i want to be very clear. no country is immune from criticism. no country should be immune from criticism. the united states certainly isn't. but when one nation is targeted relentlessly, obsessively, bitterly, as israel is time and again, that is just wrong. it is ugly. [applause] it is bullying in the guise of diplomacy, and it has to stop. [applause] 1/2 years at the united nations, i had the privilege of doing battle every day to defend israel from a drumbeat of hostility. i was proud to lead that fight. the united states fought tooth and nail against the deeply flawed goldstone report. we vigorously opposed the human rights' council's unbalanced and counterproductive focus on israel. when the palestinians tried to short-circuit the path to state

as my cherished friend and israel's national treasurer shimon peres says, "there are two things in lifeou cannot achieve unless you close your eyes a little bit -- love and peace." so, we will continue as the psalm says to "speak peace and pursue it." at the same time, we will stand up not just for israel's security, but for israel's very legitimacy. i want to be very clear. no country is immune from criticism. no country should be immune from criticism. the united states certainly isn't. but when one nation is targeted relentlessly, obsessively, bitterly, as israel is time and again, that is just wrong. it is ugly. [applause] susan: it is bullying in the guise of diplomacy, and it has to stop. [applause] susan: for 4 1/2 years at the united nations, i had the privilege of doing battle every day to defend israel from a drumbeat of hostility. i was proud to lead that fight. the united states fought tooth and nail against the deeply flawed goldstone report. we vigorously opposed the human rights' council's unbalanced and counterproductive focus on israel. when the palestinians tried to sh