It's a joyful day and a painful day -- joyful because we brought the boys home, and painful that more than 1,000 of our dear sons didn't return, |
It's only in the last four days that there will be real election campaigning and Israel, the public, will have to wake up and realize that it's not about the two beauties, myself and Sharon, but about the fate of the people of Israel. |
It's possible within a matter of months, to achieve peace with both countries, |
Jerusalem and the Temple Mount are the cornerstones of Jewish identity. No Israeli prime minister will ever be able to sign a document that gives up sovereignty of the Temple Mount to the Palestinians, |
Just a year ago the public gave us a mandate to lead -- not to protect what exists, but to change the reality from its core and to assure the future of Israel, |
lay its hands on the lowly murderers and will punish them with all severity of the law. |
Leah will be greatly missed and her memory will be with us always, ... We embrace today ... the whole family. |
legitimate movement that believes in security and peace; they have differences of emphasis and approach from ours. |
Let me say it loud and clear: We will not agree to the right of return into Israel, ... I do not intend to sign any document that passes sovereignty over the Temple Mount to the Palestinians. |
Let the Palestinians know that we were ready to allow for the realization of some of their dreams even at a heart-rending price, ... But let the Palestinians realize we too have dreams. We too have national interests that we cannot compromise -- the security of Israel, unity of Israel and our sacred values. |
Maybe I made a few or maybe many tactical mistakes, ... but I did not make a mistake in the very essence of what I've ... chosen to do, namely to leave no stone unturned in order to find a way to put an end to this conflict, at the same time to be open-eyed enough to realize that it takes two to tango. |
maybe there will be a need for a few dozens of foreign observers. |
Never has an Israeli government used such great force against the Palestinians -- rockets, tanks and returning fire when needed, |
never sign a deal that I did not believe would strengthen Israel in the long term. |
no reason to wait. |