conditions for a durable, sustainable peace. durable, sustainable security for israelis and palestinians alike. we re focused on the day of. we also need to be focused on the day avenue. so in conversations we ll be having through the course of this weekend i expect you ll see a focus there and particularly how we can get over time to two states for two peoples which in our judgment remains the best guarantor and maybe the only guarantor of a secure jewish and democratic israel and palestinians with the state they re entitled to. so these will be the things that we re focused on. these are challenging times. these are intensely difficult issues. but i m convinced that american diplomacy can make a difference in moving everyone to a better place. that s what we re working to do. i ll take questions. thank you, mr. secretary. do you assess that israel has shown restraint up to this point in their offensive in gaza, and what are the concrete steps you ll be pushing them on? an