After day rife with rumoours including speculation  that President Shimon Peres may give Shaul Mofaz a chance to form a government, Peres announced at the opening of the Knessets winter session on Monday evening that the nation must prepare for general elections.  After calling on all factions to conduct a clean and fair campaign, Peres  posed five issues which he described as being the focus of the election campaign. How to ensure Israels security in the wake of threats from Iran and global Islamic terror, how to bring about peace and the end to the Arab-Israeli conflict, how to ensure a stable and successful economy,  how to maintain unity and solidarity among the Israeli people, and how to ensure