We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.

I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

Israel must be able to defend itself - by itself - against any threat.

Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if we can't justify it, then we're not going to spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, just to make somebody happy, if it's not good for the economy.

I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded in some basic truths.

Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.