INN: Speaking to foreign media correspondents, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday defended Israel�s ongoing counter-terror offensive in Gaza, stating, �I will stop when I will feel that I can provide security for the people of Israel.�Referring to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) administration, Olmert stated, �This is the first time in modern history that there is a whole government that is a terrorist government.�

The prime minister rejected European Union allegations that Israel is violating the basic rights of Palestinian Authority (PA) residents, rhetorically asking, �how can one measure the trepidation, the anxiety and the fear?� referring to residents of southern areas who are daily victims to Kassam rocket attacks.

The prime minister added, �When was the last time that the European community condemned this shooting, the rockets, and suggested effective measures to stop it?�