Joel Gilbert

As enjoyable as it is to watch the line of ceremony and the vassals lining up.

I think that was the Speaker of the Parliament, right, the Speaker of the Knesset, who tried to crack a joke saying, I believe you two guys know one another.

You're absolutely right.

It was frosty.

After signing the book, I noticed he didn't shake the hand of the Prime Minister standing to his right either.

So there was somewhat of a scowl going on.

That was absolutely my reading of this as well.

We're going to find out, I suppose, in due course, exactly what the conversations have been.

But you know what?

My summary of what we're seeing today would be this.

It's the management of expectations.

Whether today is a success or not, is perceived as a success or not, depends, I think, it will revolve entirely around the management of expectations.

So, look, we're celebrating the release of the hostages.

We're celebrating the confirmation of phase one.

That is what I would say requires our appreciation and our applause.

If we go beyond that, I think there might be potential down the road for slight...

I don't know, inverted commas, disappointment.

But these are stages that we'll take in due course.

Obviously, the status situation is not going to go away.

And I think that's fundamentally where the issues are.