Addressing Peace and Security in Israel

A diverse country where people of different backgrounds were able to live and coexist

side by side in many ways was the envy of the region and of the world. And it will take a lot

of work and some time to get back to that point. But we believe today is the first step in that

journey. And the first step is sometimes the hardest step, but it's the one we're taking

together today. Obviously, the people of Israel deserve to live in peace and security. The people

of northern Israel in particular, who have been targeted repeatedly by terrorist attacks launched

from the territory of Lebanon, but not by the Lebanese people, not by the Lebanese government,

but by an outside actor.