A Rabbi Told Me That When You

As A Jew, It Is My Historic Responsibility To Defend The Jewish People. I Feel This Responsibility For The Survival Of The Jewish People. We're Not Going To Accept Any Decision By Anybody Else About Security Of The State Of Israel. It Is Our Role And Only Our Role.

Peace Should Provide Security. It Should Be Durable. I'm Ready To Go Far In Making Painful Concessions. But There Is One Thing I Will Never Make Any Concessions On And That's The Security Of The Israeli Citizens And The Very Existence Of The State Of Israel. The Palestinians Are Losing Time.

I Cannot Say That The Attitude Of The United Nations Always Is For The Israeli Attitude. Israel, I Think, Has Been Under Severe Attacks By Members Of The United Nations Many Times.

I Know I Have Been Portrayed As A General Looking For War. Many Other Headlines Speak Of That. That's What People Say. But I Understand The Importance Of Peace Because I Saw The Horrors Of War. That's How I See It. I Lost My Best Friends In Battles.. And I Had To Make Decisions Of Life And Death, Of Others And Myself.

If We [are To] Reach A Situation Of True Peace, Real Peace, Peace For Generations, We Will Have To Make Painful Concessions. Not In Exchange For Promises, But Rather In Exchange For Peace.