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

For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land. I, like many others, was raised with a deep conviction that the day would never come when we would have to relinquish parts of the land of our forefathers. I believed and to this day still believe in our people's eternal and historic right to this entire land.

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

I know I'm unpopular.

I dont know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.

When you fight for the impossible, sometimes you lose everything.

In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions.