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" Israel is a country that reacts vigorously when its citizens are fired upon, which is a good thing. "

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

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" If someone is willing to sell out his principles for the job, he is not worthy of it. "

" After I retire, I have my own vision, which is not connected to the state of Israel. It's about me, living near the sea, and maybe writing something about the past. "

" Something happened to the State of Israel. What was morally obvious in 1948 is not so obvious anymore. When the State of Israel was established, it was, for the parents and grandparents of these young Jews, a miracle. It was David and Goliath. We were the just cause. It was about values. We were small, but we were the good guys in the world! "

" When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children. "

" 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. "

" I am a pretty good lawyer, and I decided to close the office and to enter politics. "

" Israel was established as a homeland for the Jewish people and embraced all the Jews who had to leave Arab states. This should be also the true meaning of the future Palestinian state. It should be the answer for the Palestinians wherever they are - those who live in the territories, and those who are being kept as political cards in refugee camps. "

" I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself. "

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

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

" I don't think that everything is a zero-sum game in which, when the president of the United States says something, that means that he is pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli, or vice versa. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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" What I am trying to say to Israel is, 'Listen, borders is something that we need, and hopefully, peace is something that we need.' "