There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons.

Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.

It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.

Peace is important for Israel.

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.

For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.