I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.

If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth

The Zionist movement did not send any assistance, financial or otherwise, for the victims of Nazism and it did not allow any other side to provide any kind of aid. The Zionist movement concealed the information that came from within the ghetto walls and concentration camps, news that shed light on what was really happening. If it had to publish anything, it did so by questioning that information and diminishing its importance.

We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.