00:00One important element which I have alluded to, which is we cannot be open to redefinition and renegotiation of what we have already agreed to,
00:10and also what was issued as a Security Council resolution that was passed and welcomed by all parties.
00:19So we cannot go back and redefine what we mean by ceasefire, what we mean even by disarmament,
00:26what we mean by a Palestinian-led process in governing Gaza, also what is implied in unification of Gaza and the West Bank,
00:35and the ultimate objective of the Palestinians' right to self-determination.
00:40We cannot be redefining these things back and forth and getting ourselves into a sidetrack that gets us into so many details about what, who, when,
00:52and we lose sight of the overall and the core of the conflict.
00:57And I want to say that we have seen this movie before, we have seen this cycle before,
01:02although the last episode in Gaza was very devastating and maybe the most devastating,
01:09but we have been, we have arrived at this stage before where there is a war in Gaza,
01:15then there is an engagement by the international community, then there is a search for humanitarian assistance,
01:20and then political fatigue, and then we forget about it, but only that we could see another more violent cycle of violence erupt.
01:30And the idea which is central to this, if we do not ensure the security and the political aspiration of Palestinians being fulfilled,
01:39then there is no security for anyone, including Israel and including the rest of the region, but also the world.
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