We anticipated that the pullout would last three weeks, but dynamics on the ground are different and we are ahead of schedule,

I believe that ultimately the evacuation and the protests will end without casualties,

The evacuation was conducted honorably and within a shorter timetable than anticipated. We planned three weeks. But 50 to 60 percent (of settlers) had already left. This accelerated the pace of evacuations from the outset,

We need to do this for three more weeks and we'll be all right,

This did take a lot longer than what we had anticipated, ... We never really found that common ground. Usually, you find that common ground at some point the first couple weeks. We didn't really find anything that we agreed upon for quite some time. That created the long holdout.

I got a lot of pressure over a period of about two weeks, and I held my ground, ... I was committed to a cause.