We have arrived today from Jerusalem, the perpetual capital of the Jewish nation. We have arrived from a tormented country, we came from a people, from home, from families that haven't even experienced a single year, a single month in their lives, in which mothers didn't weep over the loss of their sons.

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We have come to try to put an end to the hatred so that our children and grandchildren will no longer experience the painful price of wars, terrorism and violence.

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We have come to ensure their lives and security, we have come to relieve the pain and difficult memories, to pray and to hope for peace.

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I turn to you Palestinians: It was decreed on us and on you that we must live in partnership, on the same piece of land, in the same country.

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We, the soldiers who have returned from the battlefields, with clothes stained with blood. We, who have witnessed our family members and dear friends die before our eyes.

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We, who attend funerals and find it difficult to look in the eyes of bereaved parents and orphaned children. We, who have come from a land in which parents bury their children.

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We, who have fought you, Palestinians, tell you today in a clear voice: Enough tears and bloodshed.

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Enough, we do not hate you, we are not vengeful. We, like you, are people who wish to build a house, to plant a tree, to love and to live alongside you in dignity, with affection, like human beings, like free people.

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Today we give a chance for peace and tell you in a clear voice: Till here. No more.

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Let us pray that one day all will say: No more weapons.

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We hope and wish to open a new chapter in our sad, shared book, a chapter of mutual recognition, a chapter of good neighborliness, a chapter of mutual respect, of understanding, of friendship.