I know I'm unpopular.

If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights (also for the Palestinians in the territories), then, as soon as that happens, the State of Israel is finished.

My doctors say I am very healthy.

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

How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together.

Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?

A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.