And Israel, Being A Tiny, Small Country,

He Held To The Idea That The Jewish People, So Often Victims Of Injustice And Persecution, Should Have A State Where They Could Be Independent And Free. Think Good Or Ill Of Arik Sharon, Agree Or Disagree With Him, But That Calling - A Noble One - Was Plain And Unalloyed.

People Need To Know Why We, As The Jewish People, Have A Right To Be Here. We Need To Tell People What We Are Doing Here... My Tourism Guidebook Is The Bible.

To The Citizens Of Israel, I Say: We Have Passed Difficult Years, Faced The Most Painful Experiences And Overcome Them. The Future Lies Before Us. We Are Required To Take Difficult And Controversial Steps, But We Must Not Miss The Opportunity To Try To Achieve What We Have Wished For, For So Many Years: Security, Tranquillity And Peace.

If There Will Be A Serious Palestinian Prime Minister Who Makes A 100 Percent Effort To End Terrorism, Then We Can Have Peace. Each Side Has To Take Steps. If Terror Continues, There Will Not Be An Independent Palestinian State. Israel Will Not Accept It, If Terror Continues.

Myself, First Of All, I Am A Jew. And That Is The Most Important Thing For Me.