I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

Most of the Palestinians don't understand what they're doing... Politically, people can say what they want. The problem is not political, but religious.

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

In any democratic country you have more than one view.

We had a lot of support - don't give me "the world", just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is for, in Europe they're divided.

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