I'm very proud of the fact that Israel is the one country in a very broad radius that - in which Arabs have free and fair elections. That's sacrosanct. That will never change. I wasn't trying to suppress a vote. I was trying to get something to counter a foreign-funded effort to get votes that are intended to topple my party. And I was calling on our voters to come out.

The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.

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

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

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.

To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war.

Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.