The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, "Look, here's what I'm doing. I'm not intervening in Syria. But at the same time, if Syria tries to intervene with us, if Iran tries to use Syria to attack us, we'll stop it.

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

We want to end this misery of the Palestinian people in order for us really to live with dignity as human beings in an independent state side by side with the Israeli state.

I think it's my responsibility, to speak up when something threatens our very future.

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

I told John Kerry and General Allen, the Americans’ expert, ‘We live here, I live here, I know what we need to ensure the security of Israel’s people.’

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