but i think that will not last forever. sooner or later, if there is no peace process -- if there's no movement toward a palestinian state, i think israelis practically will start paying the price again. >> let's play devil's advocate. maybe it's the reality that netanyahu is correct that israel's best game is just to wait. abbas is beginning to form what is a real state within the palestinian authority. hamas has been sort of enclosed and isn't doing as much as it used to. hezbollah up in lebanon has been quiet momentarily, at least. so he's saying why give things back when we have a period of quiet and the rest of the world is focused on afghanistan, on iran and iraq. >> first of all, settlement growth makes creating a two-state solution harder and harder every year. secondly if you don't show the palestinians that abbas and the prime minister are getting anything from opposing terrorism, which i think most israelis would admit they are opposing terrorism, then i think you actually end up emboldening those people like hamas to say, ter sor the way we're going to get the storls do something. >> what role should the u.s. play at this point?