a moment of truth |
Every thousand-mile trek ends with one step. Eventually it has to stop somewhere. In Israel the best solutions come at the last moment. With the Palestinian side they're coming sometimes even after the last moment. |
It is a most important thing for Israel not to just consider its here and now limited interest. |
It is wrong that Israel bases its relationship with some of the regions of this world on arms deals and arms trade. Israel cornered itself, and Israel should take itself out of this corner, |
Listen, let's not fool ourselves, okay? If it walks like a duck, if it talks like a duck, if it sounds like a duck, it's a Palestinian state. |
Only then, after the violence will drop down dramatically, then finally we can resume the peace talks about the constructive solutions, what to be done between the two people. |
spoke of hope but offered no clear plan. |
The road to peace is a very long road that has many milestones. If indeed the summit ended in failure it is our duty to ensure that it is not the last summit, and to leave the door open for dialogue, because the alternative is war. |
There is no middle path. We must remove all the settlements -- all of them -- and draw an internationally recognized border between the Jewish national home and the Palestinian national home. |
There will be a committee headed by the prime minister that will check every building in every settlement, to give what is elementary to the needs of the people but not destroy the peace process. |
This is first and foremost a victory for the moral position for which we have fought all along the way. |
We have better things to export to the world, |
We should look at our commercial, cultural, educational and value system exchanges with China on one hand, and on the other hand we should develop our diplomatic and international value system with recognized people like the Dalai Lama. |
When you listen to the street ... the expression that hits us everywhere is that 'all of you are corrupt,' |