Refugees, Jerusalem, borders, Jewish settlements and water are issues reserved to the final-status talks between the two sides and nothing should pre-empt or pre-judge the outcome of the final status talks before they begin.

We are really concerned. We hope that competition (to succeed him) will not be at our expense, meaning more settlements, more walls, more incursions, more assassinations, more occupation, more dictates.

I believe this pre-empts and prejudges issues that are reserved for final status negotiations. Any talk of pre-empting and prejudging is counterproductive to the peace process.

We are continuing efforts … to try to resume the peace talks and stabilize the security situation.

If we (Israelis and Palestinians) don’t honor the time line I don’t think we have an agreement any more.

We urge the U.S. Congress and the European Union to focus on respect of the democratic choice [of the Palestinian people].

so the truth can be determined once and for all.

We need the help of the Europeans to train us, to provide us with the technology needed, with the equipment with the machines, and they’re going to be our partners in this,

international protection for the Palestinians is something that must be taken seriously by the United States and the international community.

He will ask for assistance in holding an international conference for peace as preparation to negotiate a permanent agreement in accordance with the road map.

we will continue to see this government’s policy of stealing (land) and wasting time.

If I’m going to tell you how much the West Bank and Gaza needs for the next five years, I would tell you $3 billion. But I’m realistic. I know the political life of the...

We expect their release by Monday.

Mr. Gilad knows very well that the whole thing was unilateral. We had to pick up the pieces after they left without them even telling us when they were going to leave.

The issue of January elections cannot be isolated from the results today, but we can’t say it will be an exact copy.

They control the water, the sky and the passages. How can you say occupation is over?

We hope that we can conclude an agreement this year and with that we can have our own state by agreement, … The decision last night was to recommit ourselves to peace as a strategic...

Postponing the Palestinian elections will not solve the problems. It will just add to the chaos, will add to the lawlessness.

We didn’t get responses on forming a Palestinian-Israeli joint committee to follow up and observe the operation of distributing ballots, voting and the movement of voters as well as candidates.

Mr. Ross is breathing artificial life into the peace process.

We know in advance the Israeli style of negotiations, therefore we said we need the Americans with us.

I’m afraid that we will not have a peace process anymore, … I would say ‘God help Palestinians and Israelis’ because to have a meaningful peace process means that we would continue where we left...

If he thinks that we will go back to negotiate with him over (the U.S.) package, he’s mistaken.

Our tracks — the Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian tracks — are parallel tracks, not competitive tracks, and we will not allow anyone to play a track against another.

We strongly condemn this continued Israeli escalation that will undermine the cessation of violence.

We invite Mr. Sharon to resume final-status talks so we can reach the end game.

It will take much more than one visit by Madeleine Albright to deal with the damages inflicted on the peace process by the government of Mr. Netanyahu.

With this (Israeli) government, we do not have trust or confidence. Ross is simply helping make the process survive.

They (donors) tell us that they respect our democratic choice, but they see democracy as complying with international rules.

This shows that Israel is still an occupying power in Gaza and still motivated by the occupation mentality.

I hope that at this critical period, we will concentrate on the bigger picture, … The answer to extremists on both sides sworn to sabotage this process must be a big ‘No.’

He decided not to go to New York because of the (Israeli) handover of the (Gaza) settlements and the security situation.

The French report did not indicate any of these things,

We had in-depth and serious discussions. There was nothing new today and the gaps remain where they are. We agreed to meet tomorrow.

The answer they (the Americans) gave us is that they will exert every possible effort to have the Israeli government refrain from any act that will prejudge the outcome of negotiations.

It is a step forward toward ensuring Palestinian democracy in all the Palestinian territories which were occupied by Israel in 1967.

We have a difficult task ahead of us. We are determined to exert every possible effort to expedite the implementation of the interim agreement on the ground.