We [Israel people] always blame Moses, that he was our greatest leader and one of the most gifted people in the world. He brought us the moral code and so on, belief in one God, but then he was a bad navigator. He brought us to the only part of the Middle East without any gas, without any oil.

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

American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, "Look, here's what I'm doing. I'm not intervening in Syria. But at the same time, if Syria tries to intervene with us, if Iran tries to use Syria to attack us, we'll stop it.

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

The instability in the region is not a result of Israel and the Palestinians. That was never the cause of this instability. Instead, the disfunctionality of many of these societies that have failed to modernize.