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.

Israel is very much endangering.

While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines...

Israel has to accommodate the Palestinian demands and aspirations for ending occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. That is the only answer. The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.

I would say we want to stop the firing of rockets, for sure. But we also want to dismantle the terror - the tunnel - the terror tunnel networks that we have uncovered.

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

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