The antithesis of the terrorist attack in Hadera last night and the conference this morning on cooperation with five foreign ministers of middle east countries is unbelievable to me.

First, let me tell you about the site of the conference.  A few months ago we were there for a few days.  Even though it was the Negev, as luck would have it, it was raining most of the time.  Fortunately, it is a stone’s throw from Ben Gurion’s house and we had a chance to walk over for a visit.  We also had a wonderful visit to Ovdat, the ancient Nabatean site, and the Zinn river – What a perfect environment for reconciliation!  Egypt, Morocco, the Emirates, the US, and Israel – and they spoke of friendship and cooperation with the Palestinians.  Even though I know how suspicious my Arab friends are of this union, let’s pray a cooperation can be realized.