Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.

I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

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

Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.

I'm easily entertained.

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

When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.