"In the coming days we are going to concentrate on security," said Zeidan.
A key was concentrating on security issues and delaying talks abut political matters.
"The agreement concentrates on security issues, but unfortunately there are no guarantees that Israel will not take more measures.
Most officials paid to worry about the nation's airports concentrate on security -- a very legitimate priority.
The G20 also said it will take on the role hitherto played by the G8 of holding big economic summits (the G8 will concentrate on security).
Inspectors will concentrate on security at the laboratories during their search for a possible leak of the virus, Mr. Benn said.
Richard A. Boucher, the State Department spokesman, said it was "understandable" that Israel would now need to concentrate on security needs and suspend its plans to take conciliatory steps toward the Palestinians.
The international forces say they are concentrating on security and the logistics of getting millions of ballots to remote parts of the country that in two weeks could be snowbound.
"Now instead of doing my job and campaigning, I'm doing my job and concentrating on security stuff and campaigning," said Mr. Spano, noting that he has had regular conversations with officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and with the new Homeland Security office.
According to senior diplomats and Nato officials, a hallmark of the Obama approach is to be more realistic, scaling back the ambitions of the Bush administration to turn the country into a functioning democracy and concentrating on security and counter-terrorism.
