In this task, given a sentence in the Malay language, and your task is to convert it into the English language.

Example input: Perdana Menteri Blair dan Canselor Brown bersetuju mengenai keperluan untuk mengekalkan penghalang nuklear.
Example output: Prime Minister Blair and Chancellor Brown agreed on the need to retain a nuclear deterrent.
Example explanation: The above sentence is correctly translated from Malay to English.
Q: "Jika kami harus membayar untuk mempertahankan sekatan itu, disebelah sana juga akan mendapat bayarannya kerana mencabar," seorang pegawai kanan kerajaan Israel berkata.
A:
"If we are to pay a price for defending the blockade, the other side will pay a price for challenging it," a senior Israeli government official.