We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.

I unequivocally condemn the striking of the soldier from the Ethiopian community and those responsible will be brought to justice but nobody has the right to take the law into their own hands, immigrants from Ethiopia and their families are dear to us and Israel is making great efforts to ease their integration in society.

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.

Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.