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...Netanyahu: Well, I think it was very hard to anticipate that the issue would serve as an opportunity to foment violence. But I think we have to understand there are innumerable issues that could serve that purpose. My main concern is that we restore the standard that no issue leads to violence, that violence is not a negotiating tactic. What will we do the next time we have an impasse? The next time there's a grievance...
TIME: If you were a Palestinian, how do you think you would regard Netanyahu...
...Netanyahu: If I read the controlled Palestinian media, I would think that, as they call me, I'm worse than Hitler...
...Netanyahu: I think they would regard me as a person who believes deeply in the necessity of peace and that we don't have another partner other than the Palestinian Authority. I think that any Palestinian mother reading this should understand that I am as deeply conscious of her pain of losing her child as I am of a Jewish mother...
...Netanyahu: It seems to me that the Palestinians are suffering from two main burdens. One is the economic burden that is a function of the security situation, especially the closure [of Israel to Palestinian workers]. I explained to Arafat that the degree of closure is directly related to the degree that he fulfills his security obligations...