In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu.

I don't know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.

Hamas is responsible and Hamas should held accountable for civilian deaths.

We will take whatever action is necessary to protect our people, including against the terror tunnels that they are trying to dig against us.

I had differences of opinion with President Obama and most well-known, of course, is Iran.

You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand what I just said.

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