Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.

I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.

I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.

Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.

I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.

You cannot play with fire.

My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.