Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.
Ehud OlmertHow 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.
Ehud OlmertIsrael will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel.
Ehud OlmertI know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.
Ehud OlmertThere 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.
Ehud Olmert