I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

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.

You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, "Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let 's just sit down and begin to talk peace."

Intelligence is a critical thing.

Israel can make peace with an organization that seeks its destruction. That's Hamas. But Israel can make peace with the Palestinian Authority. It requires a lot of courage from both sides including President Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.