What we have to do is leave Lebanon, and what the world has to do is threaten the Syrians. If they are behind any violent activity against us, they will be treated as a pariah state.

Withdrawing from Gaza offers real political opportunities for peace,

It is a golden opportunity when the American administration is ready to be so much involved and has invested so much in the peace process, ... I am still optimistic about getting the solution in the very near future.

If anyone really wants to get prisoners released, the last thing he should do to encourage it is to continue with this process, because not one of us will countenance release of prisoners on the background of columns of smoke in the territories,

We are not talking about Netanyahu II,

The terrorist attack (suicide bombing) was crazy and cruel, ... The retaliation was perhaps natural, but totally unneeded, and did not contribute anything to calming down the situation.