And I would remind the Palestinians that when that happened Israel accepted the partition and declared their state.
We have a vital interest in ensuring that any reconciliation in which Hamas becomes part of the PLO does not happen.
It is extremely important that the conflict in Gaza ended with the United States as supportive of Israel as when the conflict began.
And being a Jewish State doesn't mean that only Jewish people can live in that state. It means that it is the homeland of the Jewish people.
I think it is very unfortunate because in the Middle East, that distance is perceived as a source of Israeli weakness.
The people running the Iranian regime are not scared.
The problem, in part, is that that military and intelligence cooperation is secret and invisible while the political distancing... are very ...
I think that the administration believes that is the end of the story.
I commend the Obama administration and the Secretary of State for making this choice.
We ought never forget that the work of diplomacy has risks and that our Foreign Service officers... deserve our full support.
I don't think playing political games is what we should do.