Netanyahu's government and its faulty and politicized priorities are leading Israel into bankruptcy.
When I was young, I went to the Sinai and worked as a waitress.
If someone is willing to sell out his principles for the job, he is not worthy of it.
Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses.
I have come to fight for peace, and I will not give my hand to those who try to turn the word 'peace' into a dirty one.
The Israeli people deserve better than a life in between rounds of violence.
There is the worldview of Greater Israel, the worldview of settlements: to send citizens to live in those places. That's not about security; that's not about the army. That's about an ideology that believes we need to stay in all of the Land of Israel. I don't share that ideology.
Radical groups can become legitimate political players in the democratic process if they accept core democratic principles and abandon the use of force as a political tool. Or they can maintain armed terrorist militias in order to threaten their neighbors and intimidate their people. The international community should not allow them to do both.
When you look at the Lebanon-Syria border, you see a porous border despite the fact that you have a U.N. Security Council decision that speaks of an embargo on weapons transfers to Hezbollah.
Israel's security doctrine is not that Israel must invade every place from which a threat to Israel emanates.
I want Israel to have borders. For that, I need a map. I need a map on which our borders are specified.
I don't question any American president in terms of his commitment to the security of the state of Israel.
Sinai is demilitarized in accordance with the Israel-Egypt peace agreement.
As leaders, we in Israel must take into account the concerns of diaspora Jewry. Israel is strong enough to take criticism from within the family of Jews who say, 'OK, we disapprove of Israeli policy, but we stand firm for Israel.'
Without strong Arab backing, it will be hard, if not impossible, for a Palestinian leader to reach peace with Israel.
Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is also about not resorting to violence in order to reach political goals and respecting agreements signed by former governments.
I know that Israeli soldiers will do everything they can in order to avoid loss of innocent life.
