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Never let the day end without making peace. in a family, you can't finish the day off not being in peace. may god bless you. may god give you hope. let us look after the families. let us protect the families, because it's in the families that our future is at play. thank you! god bless you all and please pray for me. [ cheers and applause ] >> all right, you were listening to pope francis at the festival

Embassies and u.s. consulates. she's a member of the committee of the plo and legislative council. good to see you. so let me ask you the same question as i did to mr. mark regev. >> good to see you, fredricka. >> excellent. are any of the talks scheduled for this week still scheduled for this week? >> no, not specifically at all because the global threats that come from al qaeda are not related to palestine in any way but it makes the issue of making peace, of ending the occupation, of having it all that more urgent and imperative. they use the palestinian cause

New jersey and we look to our northern border and we see people in syria. we see a region that is very volatile, chaotic, and we want to make sure that any peace agreement protects us. we don't want to expose our militants to unreasonable risk. we want a peace deal but it has to have as part of its foundation ironclad security arrangements because my prime minister -- and he said this, mr. netanyahu -- we're willing to be flexible ott a lot of the peace issues but we cannot be flexible on the safety of our people. for that we have to stand firm. >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure. thanks for...

Try to tell israel if it wants peace, then it has to abide by international law. that's why we need engagement. we believe the u.n. should be there. but the u.s. has to be each-handed. the problem has always been this blind support of israel, hear no evil, see no evil, speak of no evil, even when it's that. it's justice, principal, and international law rather than personal issues of self-interest and serving this strategic alliance with israel. the palestinians have to be given treatment on the basis of quality of human rights and so on, not on the basis of maintaining a situation of captivit...

That's always been our agenda. we're seeking that actively, not just through lip service. that's why we talk this time there has to be genuine accountability, genuine engagement. we do not doubt john kerry but we believe it has to be the political will and the courage to stand up to israeli violations and to insist that all settlement activities have to stop, the '67 boundaries have to be accepted and you'd be how quickly you can achieve it. you cannot settle it with peace or saying you are committed to a two-state solution. peace has to be based on law and recognize that this very unjust