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.

There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.

I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired.

How 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.

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?

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.