mon much as i know. as far as you know right now, i know you re very aware of what s going on, how close is israel and hamas, at least to a temporary cease-fire for humanitarian reasons? because last night, we heard maybe there s been some progress. have you heard of anything that could give any encouragement to those who want a cease-fire? well, everybody we are at least here and everybody else in the region is working for a cease-fire. abuse mazen, mr. abbas, our leader, just arised to see mr. ban ki-moon and i ll be seeing him also within a few minute, but he had really been all around, from cairo to istan. we are meeting with him in an hour in order to brief us fully on the development of the cease-fire arrangement.