Hezbollah will support Assad to the end because his continuing hold on power is critical to its own survival.

The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.

Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot.

I hope any government formed in Egypt will understand there is no choice but to maintain the framework of international agreements, which include the peace agreement with Israel.

The Islamization process in Arab countries is very disturbing.

Who can guarantee that if we allow the Palestinians to establish a state, we won't find rockets there as well, half a mile from the airport or 10 miles from Tel Aviv?

Israel cannot afford to be duped.

I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does.

I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely.

I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height were stars beloved by large parts of the public. But today, they aren't in politics, and when they sit alone in their room, they say to themselves that Barak is the one who showed them out the door.

The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence.

I don't hate people. I just accept missions.

I fought against Palestinians. I saw them.

Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically.

I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world.

Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative.

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

Assad wanted Israel to capitulate in advance to all his demands. Only then would he agree to enter into substantive negotiations. I couldn't agree to this.

In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.

Israel is much more effective when the Israelis are convinced that we are on the moral high ground: that we are acting not just out of might, but also out of right.

You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it.

History never repeats itself in the same way.

Yes, the world is short of perfect.

The red line must be drawn on Iran's nuclear enrichment program because these enrichment facilities are the only nuclear installations that we can definitely see and credibly target.