A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

We can continue to fight. We can continue to kill - and continue to be killed. But we can also try to put a stop to this never-ending cycle of blood. We can also give peace a chance.

I am healthy. I wish all my colleagues to the peace process to be healthy.

Steps toward a rapprochement between Israel and the Arab states create a process that turns economics into the moving force that shapes the regional relations instead of nationalist interests that were dominant in the past.

We will not leave the Golan Heights, not even in exchange for a peace treaty. We will be ready for a limited compromise and it does not have to be in territorial terms.

The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.

One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a little bit more than they normally would.