In the complex and complicated reality in which the country finds itself, I have no intention of standing at the head of a minority government for months on end,
One must remember that the Jews have one, tiny country, the only place they have the right and capability to defend themselves by themselves. And it is our duty and my responsibility to see that we will never compromise about that.
And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.
Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.
Israel is a wonderful country. It's a beautiful country. It is ours. But it is a country with 10,000 problems that we have to solve and deal.
The moment it became clear to me that the existing political structure was breaking up I reached the conclusion that the best thing for the country is to have elections as quickly as possible, ... If possible, we shall go to the people in February.
Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses, ... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.
That will show if they are capable of running independence of their own and if they are capable of stopping terror ... That is where they are going to be checked if they can run a country or not.
A country that calls for the destruction of another people cannot be a member of the United Nations.
Israel is the only country in the world that is ready to make concessions, even though it hasn't lost a single war,
Israel is a special country and to lead it one needs a level head and nerves of steel. He (Netanyahu) has neither of those,
The best thing for the country is to have elections as quickly as possible.
We will be happy to see you in our country frequently.