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00:00And Professor, we also heard from the Defense Minister today saying that the Israeli army
00:05is going to seize what he said would be large areas of Palestinian territory that are going
00:11to be incorporated into Israeli security zones.
00:14I mean, do you think this is a long term or even a permanent arrangement?
00:18Well, it will depend on various developments, on what Hamas does, on which government is
00:27in office in Israel.
00:28The elections will be no later than a year and a half from now, possibly earlier.
00:35Look, the real question is, who is going to establish a stable, peaceful Gaza?
00:47And it's clear that that's not the case while Hamas is still there.
00:52Now, I don't know that they can be completely destroyed militarily.
00:57And you're saying, well, after 17 months, yes, it's been a long time.
01:02It's hard to imagine that there is some great new trick up Israel's sleeve that will change
01:07the situation fundamentally.
01:11We may be in for a situation for a considerable amount of time now where there are ups and
01:18downs.
01:19There'll be lows.
01:20There'll be periods of relative quiet.
01:22And then there will be periods when Israel will feel that it has to go in again to cut
01:29Hamas back down to size.