Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

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.

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.

Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.

I don't believe that in the name of the holiness of the city you have to put barbed wires, machine gun nests, mine pins and everything of that, in the name of the holiness of Jerusalem.

If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem. Maybe it's a fact.

Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.