President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically.

What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole of the land at any cost, or to have a partition and build the Jewish state on part of the land? And the other part?

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.

One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition with you, you will have a coalition against you. I don't want to see China and Russia on the side of Iran more strongly than they are.

I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances. Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process.

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

Hamas married the Iranians. It was their choice. They are the same family.