There has to be total agreement between the prime minister and me.

The government which I head will not conduct negotiations on a peace agreement under fire, or under terror,

Once free of terror, we can move forward to implement the Tenet cease-fire agreement.

Snap elections would prevent a political freeze, ... We must ensure that 2006 will not turn into a lost year with regard to the political process and to the effort to reach an agreement with the Palestinians.

I personally don't believe we can reach, at the present time, a permanent agreement.

I have seen the wars, the battles, the agony, ... I would like to reach an agreement. I am ready to dedicate several years to that.

The situation is dangerous. Unity strengthens us internally and externally but I will not join a government without a joint agreement which means finding a new way of handling the peace process.