You, the people of Israel, should understand clearly what we are proposing. We cannot stop the violence, today, immediately. There are those in our society who will attempt to undermine and deter our efforts. Some of them, unfortunately, may succeed. But we will now have the weight of public opinion on our side. So too, there are those in your society and even at the very top of your government who may attempt to provoke us. They will try to underestimate this declaration. They have done so before. These people are our enemies, they must also be yours. They are the enemies of peace. While provoked, we will do everything in our power to keep our self-restraint.

You must understand one other thing. We will not stop fighting for our land, we will not renounce our dream, or betray our birthright. We will continue to resist your military occupation of our lands and cities, your building of settlements, your house demolitions, your plan to deport our people. [Your] occupation is illegitimate and we will resist it - your soldiers are occupiers and will be treated as such. This is not a surrender, this is not a retreat. We will continue to fight every moment of every day for our rights and for our state. We are certain that we will achieve this, that we will be victorious. But we will not do so by targeting the innocent.