Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian ones.

I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.

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.

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?

The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.

I love my country more than anything else.

I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.