The real reason we haven't had peace is because of a persistent refusal of the Palestinians to recognize a Jewish state in any border.

Everything should be done to prevent Iran, the world's most dangerous regime, from developing the world's most dangerous weapons.

The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.

There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe's past. So for Europeans we are like Belgiums in the Congo, or the French in Alger, or the British in India. Strange interlopers in somebody else's land. But in fact, we [Israeli] have been here for 4,000 years. This is our ancestral homeland.

I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.

We want to end this misery of the Palestinian people in order for us really to live with dignity as human beings in an independent state side by side with the Israeli state.

The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously. But we don't want to see this turned into some great political football