I love my country more than anything else.

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?

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

Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.

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

When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.

Israel 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.