When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn't matter if he's Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.

We don't discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.

Peace in Syria is not only our priority; it's a Middle Eastern priority, and when the Middle East is stable, the rest of the world is stable, because the Middle East is the heart of the world geographically and geopolitically, and Syria is the heart of the Middle East geographically and geopolitically.

It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.

When you have terrorists, you don't throw at them balloons or you don't use rubber sticks, for example. You have to use armaments.

We feel pain for every Syrian victim.

Israel does not care about the international public opinion.