Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.

When I was born here on one of the farms in Israel, my childhood, I never thought for one day that we will not be living together with Arabs.

I believe that the Jewish state will exist forever.

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

As a Jew, it is my historic responsibility to defend the Jewish people. I feel this responsibility for the survival of the Jewish people. We're not going to accept any decision by anybody else about security of the State of Israel. It is our role and only our role.

We can also reassure our Palestinian partners that we understand the importance of territorial contiguity in the West Bank for a viable Palestinian state ...

I don't care what the American people think, I own the congress!