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As Prime Minister, Mr Barak will have a difficult agenda before him: going back to the Oslo agreements, which signify the historical compromise between Israel and the PLO; negotiating a territorial agreement with the Palestinians which will have to balance between their legitimate rights and Israel's security concerns; not letting extremist terrorism derail a peace process which is supported by a large majority of both peoples; finding a mutually acceptable formula for the difficult problem of Jerusalem.

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So how does a leader stay credible and legitimate when they haven't done what the people you're leading are doing?

Because I think all of you will agree that the only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and I would argue that the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

You have situations, for instance, in France where president Sarkozy tells the CEO's of Internet companies, "We're the only legitimate representatives of the public interest."

But all of the people who I've spoken to who have fallen foul of the law, they have all said, "Please, please give us a chance to work in the legitimate industry.

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