The main thing is they should clearly speak on the issue of recognizing the state of Israel.

First and foremost, we are cooperating with the Palestinian National Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas rather than the government. Our general policy of cooperation with the PA would not change. We will judge the future government by its deeds. We hope that the policy chosen by Abbas will be continued.

We will encourage an advance of positions in line with the quartet.

It is hard to distinguish between Islamism, radicalism and terrorism in one and the same melting pot.

The main thing is to prevent the situation from deteriorating. The main goal over the next few months is to prevent a serious escalation in tensions [between Israel and Palestine], to give the parties a pause, to elaborate their positions taking into consideration electoral competition and then moving ahead on the path to implementing certain proposals.

We must await events in the Palestinian territories, what the government will be, what its program will be, what Palestinian relations with leading regional actors will be and what will happen in Israel.