there are reports in another 48 hours the egyptians will invite to cairo, israeli representatives, american representatives, perhaps representatives of other arab states and the palestinians to sit and work out this arrangement. it seems rather doubtful. israelis, i can tell you, are very opposed to going back to the situation that existed prior to this round of fighting which enabled hamas to build up a huge arsenal under the cover of a cease-fire. >> the united nations says 70% of the fatalities in this latest conflict have been civilians. 185 palestinians have been killed in a week because of israeli air strikes. more than 30 of those were children. there haven't been fatalities on the israeli side. do israel's tactics concern you when you see those statistics? >> well, they concern me as a citizen of the state of israel, not a spokesman for its government anymore. but insofar as it poses a