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

We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles) wide again at its center. We can't allow the Palestinians to be a couple of [miles] from [Tel Aviv's] Ben-Gurion Airport in the age of shoulder-fire missiles with the capacity to shoot down jumbo jets. But that doesn't mean we must remain in every corner of the West Bank or in Gaza, where fewer than 10,000 Jews, living next to 1.3 million Palestinians, have been protected by twice as many soldiers.

For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

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

A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian ones.