instability in the west bank does not continue. that includes making sure that extremist settler violence stops. we as you know if they can steps this week in the united states to impose visa restrictions on it responsible individuals and necessary it will take further action but we have seen some progress there. what more needs to be done to ensure that this extremist violence ends. finally on gaza, it s very important that even as we are focused on what s happening day in, day out, that we are also not only thinking about but working on what comes next up is eagerly building a foundation for a durable peace and durable security. tomorrow we will have a chance to welcome colleagues from around the region here in washington, from the arab league in the organisation of islamic cooperation and i look forward to attending those discussions with them. we had a chance to discuss our approach to the people s republic of china. we are aligned on key challenges that we face in the in
At the science festival, i think, is note just introduce people to the beauty and the wonders of nature, but to get them to start thinking even more the way scientists think. as you said, evidence-based thinking. after they go to the science festival, i hope that there s a higher probability that when someone says, that s not true, they ll say, how do you know that? where did you get that information? right. that s what interests me. not whose opinion it is. brian, i want to get your opinion on robert lefkowitz he said a few weeks ago, when you re putting up facts against faith, facts can t argue against faith. it makes skens now that science would have made no headway because faith is untestable. do you agree with that? there s so much conversation about faith versus science. by definition faith is something you believe in. you don t look for evidence to