I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

The Israel legendary foreign minister, Abba Eban, used to say that the Palestinians had never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

But at the end of the day, when the military command looks up, it sees us — the minister of defense and the prime minister. When we look up, we see nothing but the sky above us.

The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.

But I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

I can tell you I also smoked cigars 10 years before, and the watch, which is a Patek Philippe - it was my former wife who bought it for me as a gift when I completed my military service. What is all of this about anyway? I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.