There is an essential difference between someone who harms a child on purpose and someone who harms a child by accident during combat in civilian territory.
Turkey knows the importance of its ties with Israel; it knows it's in the same moderate camp with Israel, the moderate Palestinians and other Muslim countries, and the threat to Turkey is not from us.
Something that truly frustrates me is the impression in Israel that when you are talking about security, you are bold; you are tough: this is what we need against all the enemies that we have. And when someone is talking about peace, you know, it's the naive left wing, soft.
I'm not a person of mentors.
It's important to be the gatekeeper against dangerous ideas.
My ideology is not connected to the Palestinians.
You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control.
When it comes to matters of religion and state, Bayit Yehudi is more extreme than the ultra-Orthodox.
The wise Jewish Israeli must work with the moderate Muslim and the Christian leader of the free world against the crazy Muslims.
The attitude of 'every nation unto itself' is a destructive one for the future of Israel.
I was born in Israel. My parents came in 1925.
I want Israel to be a normal state, part of the international community, part of the free world, but unique in terms of the Jewish people. I want both.
Politically, the ultraorthodox represent a small portion of the Israeli society.
Israel is part of the free world led by the United States, no matter what.
The Palestinian conflict is the glass ceiling of Israel's economy.
When we distinguish between Israel's right to defend itself and settlements, then we legitimize its security needs; when we distinguish between isolated settlements and the blocs, then we legitimize the settlement blocs.
It's not enough to speak loudly and confidently. You have to know how to get the world on your side, to accept Israel's ideas of security and defending its interests. Netanyahu does not know how to do this.
Radical Islamist terror is a crime against the entire free world, including against Israel.
The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza. The means for doing this should be military, economic, and diplomatic.
Israel is a country that reacts vigorously when its citizens are fired upon, which is a good thing.
