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

Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.

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

I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.

Hamas is responsible and Hamas should held accountable for civilian deaths.

Terrorism is carried out purposefully, in a cold-blooded, calculated fashion. The declared goals of the terrorist may change from place to place. He supposedly fights to remedy wrongs -- social, religious, national, racial. But for all these problems his only solution is the demolition of the whole structure of society. No partial solution, not even the total redressing of the grievance he complains of, will satisfy him -- until our social system is destroyed or delivered into his hands.

Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems, like refugees and Jerusalem, which is akin to building the pyramid from the top down.