The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn't work.

I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.

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

I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy.

The Palestinian society is split into two - those who are openly calling for Israel's destruction like Hamas, and those who are not calling openly for Israel's destruction but refuse to confront those who do. And that's the Palestinian authority. I think they're timid, they're afraid to actually stand up to these killers. And I think that they're afraid, maybe for their own sake, for their own political hides, sometimes for their own physical safety. And they don't take that necessary plunge.

I'm very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel's citizens, Arabs and Jews alike.

The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously. But we don't want to see this turned into some great political football