Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness and polemics to a very high level.

Some experts advise what to do in accordance with the past, but the past flew away, and we have to reorient ourselves in the face of new dangers.

Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live.

Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.

It's a morality that keeps humans human.

It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons.

When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist.