"We want to send a clear message to the Palestinian leadership that they have to do more to prevent violence."

This is true, too, to a degree, of the Palestinian leadership.

However, this began a push for change in the Palestinian leadership.

A new Palestinian leadership must begin to deal with terrorism.

Such a course asks a very great deal of the Palestinian leadership.

So long as the question of Palestinian leadership hangs in the air, violence will continue.

There is one simple truth that any Palestinian leadership must understand.

What will be required of the Palestinian leadership now is something very difficult: patience.

"If we go back to the history of the way the Palestinian leadership takes major decisions, it's always like this," he said.

The Palestinian leadership received a lesson from the group at the beginning of the month.