We are ready to compromise. We are ready to take calculated risks, but for a peace that will give us security.

I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time.

We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find any form of talks, but we have to overcome the differences between Syria and Israel to reach peace.

I think the fact that we have been focussing on politics quite a lot and the tumult of politics rather than what we should be doing in terms of policy has made, I think, voters quite grumpy.

We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.

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

I considered the prevention of war as the test of our security policy; in addition to being able to rapidly and forcefully end any war forced upon us.