We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate.

Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.

We want a full peace, normalization in all fields.

UNIFIL was a complete disappointment. But a kind of multinational force.

Operation Peace for Galilee is not a military operation resulting from the lack of an alternative.