We demanded from the Israelis to move their forces outside the area of friction, at the entrances of our towns, villages and refugee camps -- to no avail,

a monitoring system so they can tell the Israelis what the Palestinians are doing and what they are not doing.

We have always condemned attacks targeting civilians, whether Palestinian or Israelis. Such attacks harm Palestinian interests. We call upon all Palestinians to abide by the cessation of violence.

What we need to do is to see an immediate implementation of the Mitchell recommendations. But above anything else ... we need the Israeli government to join us at the negotiating table.

Unfortunately we should not expect much out of this summit.

Nothing justifies such crimes,