Israel is doing what any other country would do, and certainly the U.S. would do. If 80 percent of your population were under fire and you had 60 seconds or 90 seconds to get into bomb shelters, if terror tunnels were dug underneath your border in order to come in and explode your kindergartens and massacre your people and kidnap American citizens.

I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.

But ... the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies — those days are over.

The only good thing I can say about the deal with Iran is that it brought the Arab states and Israel closer together.

The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it's the only one that makes the other virtues possible.

And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, 'Thank you, America.'' And we're friends of America, and we're the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East.

The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.