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

I 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.

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

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.

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?

Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality.

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