We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.

Hamas is firing at our cities, at our people, firing from these areas, from these homes, from these schools, from mosques, from hospitals. They are actually using them as weapon storage, as command posts and as firing positions, or right next to them.

The instability in the region is not a result of Israel and the Palestinians. That was never the cause of this instability. Instead, the disfunctionality of many of these societies that have failed to modernize.

I'm a proud member of the rabble.

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

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

President Abbas, you've dedicated your life to advancing the Palestinian cause. Must this conflict continue for generations, or will we enable our children and our grandchildren to speak in years ahead of how we found a way to end it? That's what we should aim for, and that's what I believe we can achieve.