Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist?

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

I love my country more than anything else.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

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

I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.