Even Today I Am Willing To Volunteer

When I Was Born Here On One Of The Farms In Israel, My Childhood, I Never Thought For One Day That We Will Not Be Living Together With Arabs.

Arabs May Have The Oil, But We Have The Matches.

We Don't Have Any Intention Whatsoever To Use Military Force To Solve The Palestinian Problem. But When It Comes To Terror - When It Comes To Terror, I Believe That Military - The Right Military Steps Is A Very, Very Complicated Kind Of Warfare, Where I Make Every Effort Not To Escalate The Situation.

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.

I Am For Lasting Peace... United, I Believe, We Can Win The Battle For Peace. But It Must Be A Different Peace, One With Full Recognition Of The Rights Of The Jews In Their One And Only Land: Peace With Security For Generations And Peace With A United Jerusalem As The Eternal, Undivided Capital Of The Jewish People In The State Of Israel Forever.