Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis.

There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time.

We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the conclusion that it can't continue like that.

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently.