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" Hamas's strategy is resistance and survival. As long as they survive, this is a victory. "

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" Being an Israeli is to know that you have risen from the ashes of those who were killed and knowing you have a responsibility for the coming generations. "

" I was born in Israel. My parents came in 1925. "

" The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement. "

" For me, it is clear that when it comes to the need of Israel to defend itself, the role of the United States of America is crucial. "

" My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?' "

" The capacity to influence radical groups can diminish significantly once they are viewed as indispensable coalition partners and are able to intimidate the electorate with the authority of the state behind them. "

" Radical Islamist terror is a crime against the entire free world, including against Israel. "

" Politically, the ultraorthodox represent a small portion of the Israeli society. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a person of mentors. "

" Israel is part of the free world led by the United States, no matter what. "

" The Iranians are abusing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to gain more support from radical elements in the region. "

" When I was young, I went to the Sinai and worked as a waitress. "

" 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. "

" There is a mutual interest between Israel and the United States of America. It is more than friendship - it is friendship plus mutual interest, and it is bipartisan. "

" 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. "

" The last thing that Israel needs is to be part of the internal agenda in the United States between Republicans and Democrats. "

" I believe Israel needs branding. I want that the word 'Israel' will relate not just to an Israeli soldier or a camel, but Israel as an advanced liberal society with a strong economy and great people. "

" I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government of hope and responsibility. "

" I may have been born in Tel Aviv, but my umbilical cord emerges from the Temple Mount. "

" Netanyahu's government and its faulty and politicized priorities are leading Israel into bankruptcy. "

" In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press. "

" Israel needs to change direction, and this is not just political. We're becoming more closed-in, more isolated, more scared. Those who talk tough are making the State of Israel very weak, very isolated - very Jewish, in the Diaspora-sense, in that 'everyone is against us.' We need to get out of this. "

" I'm not asking myself, 'How I can be different from Netanyahu?' because I am different, and Kadima is different from Likud, by its own nature. "

" Israel's security doctrine is not that Israel must invade every place from which a threat to Israel emanates. "

" I've been involved in ties with elements in the Arab world for years now. They wish to establish relations with Israel, but they cannot do so while there is no peace process. "

" My ideology is not connected to the Palestinians. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" A leader in any place must ask himself who he identifies with, with which values, and towards what goals. "