Analysts say there is no internationally recognized authority at the border of Gaza and _______________________will have to involve the Palestinian Authority reconciling or at least cooperating with Hamas. 

"That would really be a mistake, and I am sure the United States would not move in this direction, to just give Hamas that authority on its own." 

The attack on the aid flotilla came as American-mediated indirect talks between the Israelis and Palestinians are getting underway. _______________________for President Obama.

"In the long run, the only real way to solve this problem is to make sure that we've got a Palestinian state side by side with an Israel that is secure. And so we're gonna be dealing with these short-term problems, but we also have to keep our eye on the horizon and recognize that it's that long-term issue that has to be focused on." The United States has expressed sympathy with the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, but_______________________ must also meet Israel's security needs.

(1)whatever steps are taken to provide security
(2)The talks are a top foreign policy priority
(3)insists any solution to the blockade