I have... submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the (next) government.

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.

You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree.

On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace.

I have... submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the (next) government.

The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.