Saving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent.

My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Samaria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since.

I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.

Don’t be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of America.

Anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territories today, is simply giving a base for attacks to the radical Islam against Israel.

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

There’s no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel.