You cannot stop an Islamist tsunami by building a small island somewhere in the ocean.

Israel cannot afford a war of attrition.

Although my stance on responsible citizenship made sense to many Israelis, the intelligentsia could not, as you say in English, get their heads around it. 'Racist' and 'fascist' were the knee-jerk reactions.

Every place in the world where there are two peoples - two religions, two languages - there is friction and conflict.

If, God forbid, a war with Iran breaks out, it will be a nightmare. And we will all be in it, including the Persian Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia. No one will remain unscathed.

Terrorism attacks Jews, but it targets all countries and Western values. Israel is just an hors d'oeuvre.