Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.

No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.

Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.

Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.

Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.