we want to live in peace, but only if it gives us security, knauf -- not if it threatens us even more. look at gaza. israel did everything the world asked of us, including from this very stage. we left. 17 years ago. we dismantled the settlements, took apart our military bases, there is not a single israeli soldier in gaza. we left them 3000 greenhouses so they could start to build an economy for themselves. what did they do in response? in less than a year, hamas came to power. they destroyed the greenhouses and replace them with terrorist training camps and rocket launch sites. since we left gaza over 20,000 rockets and missiles have been fired at israel, all of them at civilians, all of them at our children. i have a child with special needs. she is autistic. she does not speak. in may last year i had to wake her at 3:00 in the morning and run down with her to the bomb shelter because missiles were exploding above our home. all those who preach about the importance of peace are welcome to try running to a bomb shelter at 3:00 a.m. for eight -- with a girl who does not speak to expl